US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Sept. 29 for "Vehicle control system and vehicle control method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,749,396, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-ken, Japan).

"Vehicle control system and vehicle control method" was invented by Hiroya Chiba (Fuji, Japan), Yuhei Oka (Susono, Japan), Daisuke Kakuma (Susono, Japan) and Kento Iwahori (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle control system for controlling a vehicle traveling in a predetermined area is provided. The vehicle control system acquires vehicle information indicating a position of the vehicle. The vehicle control system sets a determination region around the vehicle based on the vehicle information. The vehicle control system acquires an im...