ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,075, issued on April 29, was assigned to Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. (Yokohama, Japan).
"Vehicle control method and vehicle control device" was invented by Junya Kobayashi (Kanagawa, Japan), Yasuhiro Sakurai (Kanagawa, Japan), Yasuhiro Suzuki (Kanagawa, Japan) and Yoshitsugu Takafuji (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle control method and a vehicle control device are configured to control the movement of a vehicle based on operation of a terminal device located outside the vehicle. The vehicle receives from the terminal device a first signal indicating that a first button of the terminal device has been pressed. The veh...