ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,321, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Steering control device and steering control method" was invented by Keigo Miyama (Toyota, Japan) and Shintaro Saigo (Nisshin, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The steering control device includes a detection unit for detecting the lane in which the own vehicle is traveling, a reaction force device that applies a reaction force to the steering direction of the steering wheel for operating the steering device of the own vehicle, and a control unit that recognizes the position of the own vehicle in the lane based on the detection result of the lane and ca...