US Patent Issued to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Toyota Jidosha on March 24 for "Illuminating a road crossing to indicate a safe crossing condition for a user" (Michigan, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,459, issued on March 24, was assigned to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano, Texas) and Toyota Jidosha K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Illuminating a road crossing to indicate a safe crossing condition for a user" was invented by Benjamin Piya Austin (Saline, Mich.), Rohit Gupta (Santa Clara, Calif.), William Patrick Garrett (Plymouth, Mich.), Rebecca L Kirschweng (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) and Philip J Babian (Canton, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving the safety of pedestrians at a road crossing. In one embodiment, a method includes...