US Patent Issued to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Nov. 25 for "Methods for controlling vehicle settings and/or functions using steering device finger tapping" (Michigan, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,295, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Methods for controlling vehicle settings and/or functions using steering device finger tapping" was invented by Benjamin Piya Austin (Saline, Wis.), John K. Lenneman (Okemos, Mich.), George M. Evans (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Takeshi Yoshida (Ann Arbor, Mich.), William Patrick Garrett (Plymouth, Mich.) and Rebecca L. Kirschweng (Whitmore Lake, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques for controlling settings (and/or functions)...