ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,400,456, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Peripheral monitoring device" was invented by Toshihiro Takagi (Nisshin, Japan) and Hiroshi Tanaka (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A peripheral monitoring device includes: a photographing device that is configured to photograph a peripheral area of a vehicle; and a control unit that is configured to display a peripheral screen including a predetermined peripheral image generated based on an image photographed by the photographing device, when a predetermined display condition is established."
The patent was filed on Dec. 15, 2022, under Appli...