ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,086, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Vehicle and computer program" was invented by Yota Kato (Numazu, Japan) and Hirofumi Mori (Hadano, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle capable of performing autonomous driving at a predetermined level or more at which monitoring obligation around the vehicle is unnecessary includes a vehicle surroundings confirmation device that is attached to the outside of the vehicle in order for a vehicle occupant to confirm a situation outside the vehicle, and a control device. The vehicle surroundings confirmation device is configured to switch between a fi...