ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,045, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Vehicle steering assist device" was invented by Satoshi Handa (Kariya, Japan), Shusaku Sugamoto (Toyota, Japan) and Satoshi Inoue (Anjo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle steering assist device includes a steering assist ECU. The steering assist ECU calculates a target steering angle for driving the vehicle along the road, and a target steering guide torque that guides the driver's steering so that the actual steering angle becomes the target steering angle. The steering assist ECU controls the torque applying device so that the steering guide ...