ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,809, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Remote control of vehicle features based on tactile gestures on electronic device" was invented by Richard Pham (Lakewood, Calif.) and Do Hyuk Kwon (Irvine, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device and a method for remote control of vehicle features are provided. The electronic device receives a first user input indicative of a selection of a first vehicle from a set of vehicles associated with a user. The electronic device further receives, via a haptic device associated with the electronic device, a second user input including a tactile gestur...