ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,939, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).
"Agent apparatus" was invented by Isamu Nagasawa (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agent apparatus includes an agent, an impact detection processor, an occupant information acquisition unit, a vehicle information acquisition unit, a surrounding-environment information acquisition unit, and an agent control unit. The agent is disposed visually recognizable from an outside of a vehicle. The impact detection processor detects an impact on the vehicle. The occupant information acquisition unit acquires, if the impact is detected, occupant information regarding a state o...