ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,264, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Operation device for vehicle, vehicle, operation processing method, and non-transitory memory medium" was invented by Yuzuru Kamogari (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The operation device is provided with operation switches at dedicated surfaces that are surfaces of interior components disposed laterally adjacent to the driver seat of the vehicle. The dedicated surfaces face to the sides of the interior components at which the driver seat is disposed. The operation switches are capable, in accordance with operation by a driver, of instructing con...