ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,117, issued on July 8, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Power supply control apparatus" was invented by Tomoyasu Tamaoki (Okazaki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The power supply control apparatus performs power supply control of a sensor used in the driving support apparatus. The power supply control apparatus comprises a power supply control unit. The power supply control unit performs power supply reset of a plurality of sensors when it is determined that one of the driving support functions other than one of the driving support functions using a malfunctioning sensor is in inoperative. The power supply c...