ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,311, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-Ken, Japan).

"Remote operation control method, remote operation system, and moving body" was invented by Kosuke Akatsuka (Mishima, Japan) and Rio Suda (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A remote operation control method for controlling a remote operation of a moving body is provided. A video captured by a camera mounted on the moving body is transmitted to a remote operator terminal on a side of a remote operator remotely operating the moving body. The remote operation control method includes: setting an upper limit speed of the moving body during the remot...