ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,272, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Control device" was invented by Akifumi Tsukamoto (Toyoake, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In the control device, the identifying unit specifies, as the first vehicle function, a vehicle function having a relatively high use frequency among the vehicle functions assigned to each of the plurality of operation units mounted in the vehicle. The suggesting unit proposes to the user of the vehicle that the identified first vehicle function is assigned to a second operation unit different from the first operation unit to which the first vehicle function is ...