ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,973, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Vehicle automatic deceleration control device" was invented by Yusuke Tanaka (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle automatic deceleration control device includes a driver imaging camera as a driver state detection device that detects a state of a driver and a control unit that automatically decelerates a vehicle at a predetermined deceleration to stop the vehicle by controlling a brake device when the driver is detected to be in a state in which the driver is unsuitable for driving. The control unit is configured to determine whether a road ...