ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,095, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Vehicle control system" was invented by Yusuke Hayashi (Atsugi, Japan), Taichi Kawanai (Susono, Japan), Daichi Hotta (Tokyo-to, Japan) and Sadayuki Abe (Shizuoka-ken, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle control system for controlling a vehicle is configured to perform automated driving by switching between a plurality of automated driving modes. The plurality of automated driving modes include: a first automated driving mode that does not require a driving operation by a human; and a second automated driving mode that requests an operation or mon...