US Patent Issued to TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TOYOTA JIDOSHA on June 30 for "Multisensory gestural-audio interface to promote situational awareness for improved autonomous vehicle control" (Maine, California, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,268, issued on June 30, was assigned to TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC. (Los Altos, Calif.) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-Ken, Japan).

"Multisensory gestural-audio interface to promote situational awareness for improved autonomous vehicle control" was invented by Paul D. S. Fink (Hampden, Maine), Emily Sarah Sumner (Berkeley, Calif.) and Velin Dimitrov (Arlington, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for a multisensory gestural-audio interface system is described. The method includes providing a high-level overview of a driving environment to a driver of an ego vehicle through non-visual communication. The method also includ...