ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,017, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Vehicle control device" was invented by Keiko Sakurai (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "When a preceding vehicle condition is satisfied, a vehicle control device reduces either or both of deviation warning and deviation control compared to when the preceding vehicle condition is not satisfied. The preceding vehicle condition is satisfied when the condition that the other vehicle is detected in front of the host vehicle, and the left lateral distance or the right lateral distance is equal to or greater than the first threshold distance, the con...