ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,530,026, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Vehicle control apparatus" was invented by Shinya Sannodo (Toyota, Japan) and Yuuki Sakai (Nisshin, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle control apparatus comprises a radio receiver and a control unit. The radio receiver receives a terminal signal from a first terminal that a user located outside the vehicle carry. The control unit performs a remote operation control to move the vehicle in accordance with a remote operation to the first terminal. The control unit is configured to: perform the remote operation control in accordance with the remote ...