ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,480, issued on May 20, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle drive assist apparatus" was invented by Masashi Okano (Tokyo) and Kazuki Takahashi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Surrounding situation information of a vehicle is acquired. A steering torque applied by using a steering mechanism of the vehicle is detected. A steering angle and a steering direction of the vehicle are detected. Traveling control involving steering assist control is executed based on those pieces of information. In a case where a steering torque amount or the steering angle is detected, a new target lane keeping traveling path or a predetermin...