ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,511,996, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Driving assistance device for vehicle" was invented by Yosuke Wada (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The driving assistance ECU includes a speed limit acquisition unit that acquires a speed limit applied to the own vehicle, and a vehicle speed acquisition unit that acquires an own vehicle speed that is a speed of the own vehicle, and performs a first notification (a first speeding notification) when the own vehicle speed is higher than the speed limit. The driving assistance ECU performs additional notification (second speeding notification) whe...