ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,985, issued on June 23, was assigned to Panasonic Automotive Systems Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Display control method and vehicle" was invented by Toshihiro Miyamichi (Kanagawa, Japan), Yukimasa Komiya (Kanagawa, Japan) and Tsuyoshi Nishio (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display control method for controlling displays of a first display device and a second display device included in a vehicle is provided. The display control method includes displaying, on the first display device, a transparent screen at a position where a driver is capable of viewing an outside of the vehicle through a windshield; locating a screen...