ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,675,113, issued on July 7, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Remote control system, remote control deactivation device, and remote control deactivation method" was invented by Keigo Ikeda (Nisshin, Japan) and Daiki Yokoyama (Miyoshi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A remote control system includes: a moving object configured to be movable by remote control, the moving object including a deactivation execution unit configured to reversibly or irreversibly deactivate the remote control; a position information acquisition unit configured to acquire position information regarding the moving object; a determination uni...