ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,455, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Vehicle control device and vehicle control method" was invented by Tatsunori Mori (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle control device includes: a first control unit configured to charge a power storage element of a secondary power supply to a predetermined value; a second control unit configured to, when the power storage element is charged to the predetermined value, execute an automated parking function by outputting first electric power at a specified voltage from a primary power supply to an automated parking system while continuing t...