US Patent Issued to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA on June 30 for "Devices, systems, and methods for minimal input driving" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,285, issued on June 30, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-Ken, Japan).

"Devices, systems, and methods for minimal input driving" was invented by Vladimeros Vladimerou (Whitmore Lake, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for controlling a vehicle includes a positioning sensor, an obstacle detection sensor, a lane detection sensor, and a smart cruise control system configured to control steering, braking, and acceleration of the vehicle, based on readings from the sensors, to follow a recorded route. The system also includes a processor con...