ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,030, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Driving assist apparatus" was invented by Yusuke Fukui (Toyota, Japan) and Tsunekazu Yasoshima (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a driving assist apparatus, front side object information that is information about a front side object existing in front of a self-vehicle and front lateral side object information that is information about a front lateral side object existing in a lateral side with respect to a running direction of the self-vehicle are acquired, and a moving course of the front lateral side object is judged to be a grade separatio...