ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,052, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Information processing device" was invented by Zhenqin Shi (Tokyo), Yusuke Yamaura (Tokyo) and Shintaro Fukushima (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information processing device executes the followings: determining a first section in which a traffic jam is occurring based on first travel data; performing a first detection process based on a first image captured by a vehicle positioned around the first section, the first detection process being a process of detecting an end portion of the first section; when an end portion of the first section is dete...