US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on July 28 for "Vehicle control device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,930, issued on July 28, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Vehicle control device" was invented by Yusuke Yamamoto (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle control device mounted on a vehicle, comprising: a first determination unit that determines whether a steering angle of a steering wheel and a turning angle of a steered wheel are in a synchronous state; a second determination unit that determines whether or not the vehicle is in a travelable state; and a control unit that controls power supply to a first device related to traveling of the vehicle, wherein the control unit stops power supply to th...