ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,504, issued on June 16, was assigned to Toyota Research Institute Inc. (Los Altos, Calif.) and Toyota Jidosha K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"System and method for adjusting the pitch of a vehicle to improve visibility" was invented by Hiroshi Yasuda (San Carlos, Calif.) and Andrea Michelle Rios Lazcano (Brussels).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The systems and methods for adjusting the pitch of a vehicle to improve visibility are described herein. In one example, a system includes a processor and a memory in communication with the processor. The memory includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine...