ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,221, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Driving support method and driving support device for vehicle" was invented by Kai Oya (Susono, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Information about the driving environment of the vehicle and information about factors influencing the driving behavior of the vehicle by the driver of the vehicle are obtained. A tendency of the driver's driving behavior is learned based on the information about the driving environment and the information about the factors. Based on the learned tendency of driving behavior, the driver's receptivity to the execution of driving...