ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,530,972, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).

"Driver assistance system, vehicle, non-transitory recording medium containing computer program, and driver assistance method" was invented by Ikuo Goto (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driver assistance system for assisting in driving a vehicle includes at least one processor and at least one memory communicatably coupled to the processor. Upon providing the vehicle with driver assistance in a predetermined area including installation spots where observation sensors are installed and travel routes are present from a first installation spot to a second installation ...