US Patent Issued to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Oct. 27 for "Smart vehicle window glass cleaning system" (Michigan, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,969, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Smart vehicle window glass cleaning system" was invented by Benjamin Piya Austin (Saline, Wis.), Rebecca L Kirschweng (Whitmore Lake, Mich.), George M Evans (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Philip J Babian (Canton, Mich.) and William Patrick Garrett (Plymouth, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One or more vehicles, vehicle systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products to enhance the situational competency and/or the safe operation of a vehicle by automatically causin...