ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,602,051, issued on April 14, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Remote support system and mobile body" was invented by Kosuke Akatsuka (Mishima, Japan) and Hirofumi Momose (Numazu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The remote support system includes a mobile body, a mobile terminal, and a safety device. The mobile terminal wirelessly transmits a control signal based on an operation input from an operator who remotely supports the mobile body to the mobile body. The safety device is physically connected to the mobile terminal and exchanges diagnostic signals with the mobile body via the mobile terminal. The mobile b...