ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,722, issued on June 16, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"System and method for selecting a vehicle sensing mechanism according to driving conditions" was invented by Seyhan Ucar (Mountain View, Calif.) and Emrah Akin Sisbot (Mountain View, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system are provided for implementing vehicle sensing mechanism selection which address the problems and limitations experienced by many conventional unsafe driver detection systems. The disclosed vehicle sensing mechanism selection system is designed...