ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,068, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Vehicle control device" was invented by Norikazu Kawasaki (Nishinomiya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle control device that is mounted on a vehicle and controls the vehicle includes a sensor unit that detects a target, a first acquisition unit that acquires information from a roadside sensor that detects the target, a second acquisition unit that acquires position information of the vehicle, and a control unit that determines whether to use one or both of the first target information obtained by the sensor unit and the second target informati...