ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,346,989, issued on July 1, was assigned to SONY GROUP Corp. (Tokyo).

"Safety performance evaluation apparatus, safety performance evaluation method, information processing apparatus, and information processing method" was invented by Shinichiro Tsuda (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a safety performance evaluation apparatus, a safety performance evaluation method, an information processing apparatus, and an information processing method, which enable evaluation of safety performance of a driving assistance processing unit. The safety performance evaluation apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires information...