ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,810, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Getting-off assistance device for a vehicle" was invented by Noriyuki Saitoh (Nisshin, Japan) and Masaho Ishida (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A getting-off assistance device that includes a surrounding information acquisition device that acquires information about the surroundings of a vehicle and a control ECU that controls a notification device that notifies an alert to an occupant or occupants of the vehicle, and the control ECU is configured to start the notification of the alert when it is determined that it is dangerous for the occupan...