ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,579,884, issued on March 17, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Traffic light control device, traffic light control method, and traffic light control system" was invented by Hiroyasu Honda (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A traffic light control device includes one or more memories, and one or more processors in communication with the one or more memories. The one or more processors configured to perform processes including acquiring detection results of a moving object in a plurality of detection target areas around a crosswalk including the crosswalk, perceiving a combination of presence or absence of t...