ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,509, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"In-vehicle display system and method for controlling in-vehicle display system" was invented by Hironori Ito (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An in-vehicle display system that displays a situation around the host vehicle on a display in a vehicle cabin includes a display control unit configured to display a preceding vehicle icon on a driving lane area of the display when a preceding vehicle is detected. The driving lane area includes a near display area, a first display area located at a back of the near display area, and a second display area located...