US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on June 23 for "Drop-off assistance device and drop-off assistance system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,155, issued on June 23, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Drop-off assistance device and drop-off assistance system" was invented by Masaho Ishida (Toyota, Japan), Hiroaki Iida (Hashima, Japan), Issei Matsunaga (Nagoya, Japan) and Haruki Hirasawa (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The drop-off assistance device includes: a sensor for detecting an object behind the vehicle; a communication device capable of communicating with another vehicle; a notification device for notifying an occupant of the vehicle; a sensor; a communication device; and a controller connected to the notification device, wherein the...