ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,275, issued on April 7, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Vehicle interior monitoring system" was invented by Keisuke Miwa (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle interior monitoring system monitors the behavior of a passenger, based on the image of the interior of the vehicle, captured on a camera. A masking unit of the processor masks a portion of the image captured on the camera, the portion corresponding to the outside of the vehicle."

The patent was filed on March 24, 2023, under Application No. 18/126,008.

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