ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,946, issued on July 29, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Notification device" was invented by Taiki Iida (Nisshin, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The notification device includes an abnormality recognition unit that recognizes an abnormality existing on a road shoulder of an oncoming lane or an oncoming lane based on a detection result of an external sensor provided in the vehicle, an external notification unit that is provided in the vehicle and outputs at least one of sound and light toward the outside of the vehicle, and a notification control unit that performs notification by the external notification ...