ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,847, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Information processing device" was invented by Hiroto Hamada (Miyoshi, Japan), Miki Tsujino (Nagakute, Japan), Masashi Hatanaka (Toyota, Japan) and Makoto Konishi (Nisshin, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The information processing device includes a target unit. When a target object existing in a traveling direction of a vehicle traveling on a road is detected by a detection unit, and it is assumed that a positional relationship between the vehicle and the target object is in a predetermined state, and the target object crosses the road, the control u...