US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on May 19 for "Driving support device that controls notification of the color of a traffic light based on the size of an intersection" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,213, issued on May 19, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Driving support device that controls notification of the color of a traffic light based on the size of an intersection" was invented by Yoshitaka Kijima (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In the driving support device, when the light color of the traffic light at the intersection in front of the own vehicle is yellow, the output unit outputs information of a call attention for the driver of the own vehicle. The distance acquisition unit acquires a travelable distance of the own vehicle within a predetermined reference time. Even if the light color ...