US Patent Issued to Nissan Motor on May 6 for "Construction zone determining method and construction zone determining device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,293,590, issued on May 6, was assigned to Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Construction zone determining method and construction zone determining device" was invented by Masahiro Okawara (Kanagawa, Japan), Yasuhisa Taira (Kanagawa, Japan) and Kazuyuki Uwabo (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A processor determines whether a construction related item has been detected or not ahead of a subject vehicle based on vehicle surrounding information obtained by a sensor and determines that a point separated by a predetermined distance ahead of the subject vehicle from the construction related item is an end point of the road...