ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,673, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan) and DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).

"Driving support apparatus, driving support method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium" was invented by Makoto Kobayashi (Susono, Japan) and Yuusuke Izumi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving support apparatus includes a surrounding sensor capable of detecting a first object which is a moving object present in a predetermined first area including a direct front of the own vehicle and a second object which is a moving object present in a predetermined second area including a front lateral area of the o...