US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on July 8 for "Driving assistance device, driving assistance method, and non-transitory storage medium" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,237, issued on July 8, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Driving assistance device, driving assistance method, and non-transitory storage medium" was invented by Kumiko Miyano (Susono, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving assistance device includes a sensor configured to detect a moving object ahead of a target vehicle and obstacles including a first obstacle and a second obstacle, and a control device. The control device is configured to determine whether the second obstacle is present. The second obstacle is located opposite to a traveling lane of the target vehicle with respect to the first obstacle in...