US Patent Issued to Woven by Toyota on Feb. 24 for "Increasing operator vigilance by modifying longitudinal vehicle dynamics" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,119, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Woven by Toyota Inc. (Tokyo).

"Increasing operator vigilance by modifying longitudinal vehicle dynamics" was invented by Manuel Ludwig Kuehner (Mountain View, Calif.) and Hiroshi Yasuda (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for modulating longitudinal vehicle dynamics according to a calculated probability of future unplanned disengagement of a driving automation system. In particular, some embodiments aim to alert drivers of both a likelihood of unplanned disengagement, as well as a source of unplanned disengagement."

The patent was filed on Dec. 20, 20...