ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,304, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Display control device, method, and storage medium" was invented by Hideki Tsuda (Nagoya, Japan) and Kazuhisa Ishimaru (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display control device includes a display control section that is configured to: perform first display in cases in which a display position of a following mark corresponding to a lead vehicle detected by a lead vehicle detection section for detecting lead vehicles is within a set display region set in advance in a display area of a display device by displaying the following mark at the display...