US Patent Issued to TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KBUSHIKI on Sept. 8 for "Communicating a blending control parameter using a seat of a vehicle" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,882, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC. (Los Altos, Calif.) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA KBUSHIKI KAISHA (Toyota, Japan).

"Communicating a blending control parameter using a seat of a vehicle" was invented by Manuel Ludwig Kuehner (Mountain View, Calif.), Hiroshi Yasuda (San Francisco) and Guillermo Pita Gil (Redwood City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for communicating a blending parameter via tactile feedback at a driver's seat of a vehicle (examples of tactile feedback may comprise vibrations and temperature/heat applied through the driver's seat). The blending paramete...