ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,129, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Following vehicle approach notification device" was invented by Masahiro Takahashi (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detection device capable of detecting the approach of a following vehicle to the host vehicle and a notification device for notifying a driver of the host vehicle of the approach of a following vehicle to the host vehicle are provided. When the approach of the following vehicle to the host vehicle is detected and the direction indicator of the following vehicle is not activated, the driver of the host vehicle is notified of the ...