ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,317, issued on March 24, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Input device for a vehicle" was invented by Toko Taga (Toyota, Japan), Kentaro Matsumoto (Toyota, Japan) and Moto Takabatake (Mountain View, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An input device for a vehicle, the input device includes: a display region provided in a vehicle cabin front portion, configured such that a predetermined image is displayed at the display region, and a touch sensor being provided at the display region, wherein, when a sliding operation of the image in the display region is detected on the basis of signals received from the touch...