ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,779, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle approach notification device" was invented by Yuki Kominato (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle approach notification device to be applied to a vehicle includes a determination processor, a selection processor, and a sound emission controller. The determination processor is configured to perform a determination as to whether to change a currently set notification sound when it is determined that a surrounding vehicle is detected. The selection processor is configured to select a notification sound in place of the currently set notification sound from m...