ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,467, issued on May 20, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).

"Driving assist device" was invented by Takahiro Furuya (Tokyo), Hideki Sugawara (Tokyo), Anfen Ye (Tokyo), Kazuki Yamaguchi (Tokyo), Wataru Matsudate (Tokyo), Hayato Hori (Tokyo) and Takayuki Sato (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving assist device includes a driving assist controller. The driving assist controller includes an oncoming vehicle detection unit, a prediction determination unit, a predicted travel region setting unit and a stop controller. The oncoming vehicle detection unit is configured to, when a vehicle enters an intersection, determine whether a...