ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,508, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).
"Driver assistance device" was invented by Shun Maruyama (Tokyo), Osamu Okada (Tokyo), Atsuhiro Sakaya (Tokyo) and Ryosuke Takimoto (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driver assistance device comprises a travel route calculator, a danger zone identifier, an information acquisitor, a speed determiner, and a speed controller. The travel route calculator is configured to calculate a travel route to a destination set by an occupant of a vehicle. The danger zone identifier is configured to identify a danger zone on the travel route. The information acquisitor is configured t...