ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,824, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Display device for vehicles and display method for vehicles" was invented by Natsuko Nagasawa (Kanagawa, Japan) and Yasutomo Sasanuma (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device for vehicles includes a display unit installed in front of a driver seat of a vehicle and having a first area and a second area. The first area displays first information used for travel control of the vehicle. The second area is provided at a position farther from the driver seat than the first area and displaying second information other than the first inf...