ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,412, issued on May 27, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Route guidance device and MaaS providing method" was invented by Seii Sai (Yokohama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The route guidance device guides the route to the user based on the destination information and the departure point information. The route guidance device determines, based on the location information of the vehicle associated with the route selected by the user and the location information of the user, whether the user has ridden on the vehicle associated with the route selected by the user."
The patent was filed on April 10, 2024, unde...