ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,313, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Driving assistance device" was invented by Yui Minami (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving assistance device for assisting driving of a driver of a vehicle includes: an in-vehicle light device for illuminating an inner surface of an interior of the vehicle; and a control device for controlling the in-vehicle light device. The control device includes: a condition determination unit for determining whether or not a forward facing condition in which the driver should face forward is satisfied; and a light control unit for controlling the in-...