ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,064, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi, Japan).
"Parking assistance device" was invented by Tsutomu Mochida (Shizuoka-ken, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A parking assistance device that includes an actuating device that automatically steers steered wheels by actuating a steering device, and an electronic control unit that controls the actuating device, and the electronic control unit is configured to control the actuating device such that a vehicle moves to a target parking position when a command for parking assistance is received, in which the electronic control unit is further configured to perfo...