ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,199, issued on July 8, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Vehicle control device" was invented by Shinsuke Yamamoto (Anjo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In the vehicle control device, when the accelerator pedal is operated while the electric parking brake of the vehicle is operating, the determination unit determines, based on the open/closed state of the vehicle door, the wearing state of the seat belt, and the operating state of the brake pedal, It is determined whether the operation of the accelerator pedal is an erroneous operation. The control unit executes at least one of control for actuating the hydra...