ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,131, issued on April 21, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Vehicle control device" was invented by Yuma Ito (Obu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To effectively improve the accuracy of abnormality determination of a driver, provided is a vehicle control device comprising a stop hold release control unit configured to execute a stop hold control for holding by activating a brake apparatus, and execute a release control for releasing a stop hold by the brake apparatus when a predetermined release condition is satisfied, an operation input acquiring unit for acquire an operation input of a driver, a driver abno...