ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,502, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Vehicle control device" was invented by Hirofumi Mori (Hadano, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The vehicle control device is a vehicle control device that executes autopilot control of a vehicle for securing a lateral distance between an object 8 existing within a predetermined distance from the driving lane and in front of the vehicle outside the driving lane of the vehicle that is the autonomous vehicle. The vehicle control device includes a type determination unit that determines a type of an object based on a detected result of a front sensor mounted...