ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,324, issued on March 4, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Display control device, display device, vehicle, method, and storage medium" was invented by Ryusuke Shimizu (Nisshin, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display control device installed in a vehicle includes a receiving unit that receives information concerning dirt of a vehicle-mounted sensor installed in the vehicle, and a control unit that controls display of a wash execution button displayed on a display device installed in the vehicle for executing washing of the vehicle-mounted sensor, based on the information concerning the dirt received by the ...