ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,516, issued on May 20, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Acceleration suppression apparatus" was invented by Masaki Ikai (Toyota, Japan), Masashi Oishi (Toyota, Japan) and Takuya Kaminade (Okazaki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an acceleration suppression apparatus having improved practicality. The acceleration suppression apparatus includes: an in-vehicle sensor (20) configured to acquire information relating to a position of an own vehicle and information relating to an operation of an operating element of the own vehicle to output the acquired information; and a parking assist ECU (10) config...