US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on May 20 for "Door opening/closing determination device and door opening/closing determination method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,413, issued on May 20, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Door opening/closing determination device and door opening/closing determination method" was invented by Kentaro Oya (Toyota, Japan) and Takahiro Izuno (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle doorway camera includes vehicle doors and a vicinity of the doors in a cabin within an imaging range. A vehicle interior monitoring ECU is provided with a gravity center calculating section and a determining section. The gravity center calculating section calculates an occupant's gravity center position included in a captured image. The determining secti...