ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,977, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).

"Vehicle position generation apparatus, vehicle, and server" was invented by Masato Mizoguchi (Tokyo) and Hajime Oyama (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle position generation apparatus to be applied to a vehicle includes a memory, an imaging device, and a processor. The memory holds map data including information on at least positions of standing structures arranged to stand along a road on which the vehicle travels. The imaging device captures an image of a forward side in a traveling direction of the vehicle. The processor acquires information from the memory...