US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on April 14 for "Rear vehicle approach notification apparatus and notification method of the rear vehicle approach notification apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,602,995, issued on April 14, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Rear vehicle approach notification apparatus and notification method of the rear vehicle approach notification apparatus" was invented by Shunta Uchiyama (Toyota, Japan) and Jumpei Inagaki (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rear vehicle approach notification apparatus includes an in-vehicle display, a speaker configured to output sound from a position different from the in-vehicle display to the driver, a first determination unit, a second determination unit, and a notification unit. The notification unit, when the first determination unit de...