ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,470, issued on March 24, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan) and DENSO Corp. (Kariya-city, Japan).
"Exit assist device and exit assist method" was invented by Koichiro Yamauchi (Tokyo-to, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exit assist device has a processor configured to estimate a direction of a line of sight of a driver based on an image in which the vicinity of the driving seat is represented, and to decide on an exiting direction in which the vehicle is to exit from a parking space, based on the direction of the line of sight of the driver."
The patent was filed on July 16, 2024, under Application No. 18/77...