ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,026, issued on July 29, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Vehicle traveling assistance device" was invented by Kuniaki Goto (Susono, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The vehicle traveling assistance device sets a route in which the own vehicle enters in front of the preceding vehicle or the leading vehicle after overtaking the preceding vehicle or the leading vehicle when there is no other vehicle on the traveling route within a first distance ahead of the preceding vehicle or the leading vehicle of the vehicle when there is a preceding vehicle traveling in front of the own vehicle at a running speed equal to ...