Nissan files patent applications for electronic devices

Company plans to have commercially viable autonomous drive vehicles on road by 2020

Japanese automobile major Nissan Motor has filed a series of patent applications on electronic devices to control and assist a driver of vehicles.

These include a calculation of the travel route, controlling of travel, self-calculation of the vehicle position and recognising traffic lights by using electronic devices.

The company recently described its plan to have commercially viable autonomous-drive vehicles on the road by 2020. It had earlier launched a semi-autonomous driving system in Japan and has been looking at doing so elsewhere.

The patent details filed with Indian authorities for approval include a device to calculate the travel route, with distance measurement, and