ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,530,973, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Information processing apparatus" was invented by Jun Tsukamoto (Seto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information processing apparatus determines whether speed of a first vehicle traveling at a head of a convoy of more than a predetermined number of vehicles or more than a predetermined length is less than a predetermined speed. The information processing apparatus outputs notification information to induce a user of the first vehicle to stop traveling at the head of the convoy when the speed of the first vehicle is less than the predetermined spee...