ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,998, issued on July 28, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi, Japan).
"Onboard imaging device" was invented by Yukihisa Yamada (Seto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An onboard imaging device for capturing a situation around a vehicle includes an onboard camera provided on the vehicle and directed towards a surrounding of the vehicle; and a control unit configured to control the onboard camera to perform image processing including dynamic range processing and edge enhancement processing applied to an image captured by the onboard camera. The onboard camera has an optical axis adjustment mode for adjusting an optical axis u...