ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,183, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).
"Traveling control apparatus" was invented by Noriaki Taguchi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A traveling control apparatus includes at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to function as a driving assistance controller. The driving assistance controller is configured to delay a change in a lateral position of a preceding vehicle traveling ahead of the vehicle to obtain a delay lateral position of the preceding vehicle, and provide steering control that causes the vehicle to track the preceding vehicle on a basis of the delayed lateral positi...