ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,714, issued on April 22, was assigned to ALPS ALPINE Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Input device" was invented by Takehito Sugawara (Miyagi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An input device has: an operating part having lighting parts and accepting input operations in: a first input mode, in which a first device including a window or a door lock of a vehicle can be operated; or a second input mode, in which a second device can be operated; an emergency detection part detecting an emergency of the vehicle; and a control part setting an input mode of the operating part between the first input mode and the second input mode, and setting the ligh...