ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,105, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Drive assist device" was invented by Kentaro Kamijo (Susono, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The control unit for controlling the travel control device causes the host vehicle to decelerate and stop at a predetermined position in front of the host vehicle when a stop target is detected in front of the host vehicle, and further. The control unit estimates a time period from when the subject vehicle catches up with the pedestrian until when the subject vehicle stops and a time period from when the subject vehicle stops until when the pedestrian catches u...