ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,235,122, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Vehicle for receiving traveling guidance that is generated based on an image of a specific point" was invented by Yoshihiro Oe (Kawasaki, Japan), Kazuya Nishimura (Okazaki, Japan) and Hirofumi Kamimaru (Fukuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a processor configured to receive information for traveling guidance, which is generated based on an image of a specific point. The image of the specific point is captured by another vehicle, and the specific point is a point at which a traveling route of a different vehicle deviates from a gui...