ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,500, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano, Texas) and Toyota Jidosha K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Systems and methods for identifying and adapting exciting shot-paths involving a vehicle" was invented by John-Michael McNew (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to identifying and adapting exciting shot-paths within a camera mode through acquiring data from a vehicle and an aerial device. In one embodiment, a method includes estimating an activity using context from situational data acquired about a vehi...