ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,021, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Map management apparatus" was invented by Yamato Yorifuji (Aichi-gun Aichi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A map management apparatus includes an image recognition unit that recognizes at least any one of a road shape, a road type, and a speed sign on the basis of a captured image of an in-vehicle camera, a recognition determination unit that determines whether or not there is a difference between the recognized recognition information and map information, a vehicle speed determination unit that determines whether or not there is a difference between...