ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,040, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Boarding and alighting support method" was invented by Taizo Masuda (Yokohama, Japan), Ryota Tomizawa (Mishima, Japan), Sei Miyazaki (Susono, Japan) and Yuki Nishikawa (Susono, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A boarding and alighting support method supports a person requiring support who requires support of another person to get on a vehicle or get off a vehicle. The boarding and alighting support method includes: a storing step of storing at least one of a first image that is an image of the person requiring support and a second image that is an image...