ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,831, issued on June 24, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).
"Driving assistance apparatus" was invented by Yui Ota (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving assistance apparatus sets a driving condition of a vehicle, based on a risk of surrounding environment that includes an object around the vehicle. The driving assistance apparatus includes a forward-risk calculator, a backward-risk calculator, and a driving-condition setter. The forward-risk calculator is configured to calculate a forward risk corresponding to a risk of a collision with a leading vehicle that travels ahead of the vehicle. The backward-risk calculator is c...