ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,368, issued on May 20, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Vehicle control device" was invented by Hiroki Furuta (Shizuoka-ken, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle control device includes a vibration information detection device that detects information relating to vibration of a seat, a drowsiness detection device that detects a state related to drowsiness of an occupant in the seat, and a controller that controls an active suspension. The controller includes a processor. The processor determines, based on detection results from the drowsiness detection device, whether a specific occupant, who is an occu...