ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,412, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Tokyo) and DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).

"Control device and control method of vehicle, and non-temporary storage medium" was invented by Yu Nagata (Chofu, Japan) and Keiichi Uno (Kariya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device according to the present disclosure is a control device of a vehicle including a control unit configured to acquire loading information indicating a loading state of cargo in a vehicle cabin of the vehicle, determine whether the loading information meets a predetermined loading condition, and issue a notification prompting a change in th...