ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,142, issued on June 23, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Control system" was invented by Masateru Udate (Edogawa-ku, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system installed in a vehicle comprises one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to execute one or more control functions in response to a driving environment of the vehicle or a request. The one or more processors determines whether or not a machine learning model is used in a control function being executed. And when it is determined that the machine learning model is used, the one or more processors notify an operator of the...