ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,442, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Control mode switching apparatus for vehicle" was invented by Takahiko Ogihara (Gotemba, Japan) and Shogo Ito (Sunto-gun, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control mode switching apparatus for a vehicle that switches a control mode among a non-control mode in which a control amount is not changed, an auto mode in which the control amount is automatically changed, and a manual mode in which the control amount is manually changed, includes an operator to be operated by a driver, and a control unit configured to determine an aspect of operation when the o...