ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,068, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi, Japan).

"Collision avoidance support device and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium" was invented by Tomohiro Tanaka (Nisshin, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A collision avoidance support device that is applied to a vehicle equipped with clutch-type front and rear stabilizers controlled in coupled and uncoupled states and an automatic steering device, and comprises a control unit that is configured to, when it is determined that a collision with an obstacle in front of the vehicle needs to be avoided, calculate a target control amount for causing th...