ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,356, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle, mobile device, and control method therefor" was invented by Takuya Osanai (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile device to be in cooperation with a vehicle selects and performs one of cooperative functions, acquires upward, downward, leftward, and rightward instructions from the vehicle, generates a sound output toward a driver, and acquires a voice input from the driver. The plurality of cooperative functions are classified into a menu hierarchy, a target selection hierarchy, and an active hierarchy. The mobile device transitions from the menu hier...