ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,612, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Control device and control method" was invented by Toru Yukimatsu (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The control device includes a control unit. The control unit recognizes a voice command transmitted from a telephone terminal outside the vehicle. The control unit interprets the operation content requested by the recognized voice command. The control unit selects one or more positions at which the sound is picked up by the microphone in the vehicle cabin based on the interpreted operation content. The control unit picks up a voice uttered at one ...