ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,076, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Control device and control method" was invented by Makoto Akahane (Yokohama, Japan), Yu Nagata (Chofu, Japan), Tomokazu Maya (Nagoya, Japan), Masaaki Tomiya (Urayasu, Japan), Yuko Mineta (Chofu, Japan), Kayo Tsumoto (Nisshin, Japan), Shinichi Niwa (Nagakute, Japan) and Satoshi Komamine (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The control device includes a control unit that acquires information on a distribution of a loudness of sound in an area in which sound is generated, and controls movement of mobility with a conference room moving in the area base...