ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,786, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Risk estimation system and vehicle control system" was invented by Fumio Sugaya (Susono, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A risk estimation system estimates the degree of risk ahead of a vehicle. Three-dimensional object layout information indicates the three-dimensional layout of a three-dimensional object ahead of the vehicle. An intersecting road is a road that intersects a traveling road, which is a road on which the vehicle is traveling, at an intersection ahead of the vehicle. The risk estimation system sets a first area that extends from the in...