ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,274, issued on July 1, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle traveling control apparatus" was invented by Shuu Ogino (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle traveling control apparatus includes an autonomous sensor, a braking controller, a determination unit, a calculator, and a steering controller. The autonomous sensor recognizes an obstacle ahead of a vehicle. The braking controller determines possibility of contact on the basis of a relative distance and a relative speed between the vehicle and the obstacle, and, upon determining that the vehicle is likely to contact the obstacle, executes a strong braking control...