ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,424, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Driving support device" was invented by Tomoyuki Nakano (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The driving support device includes an image acquisition unit that acquires an image including an occupant riding on the vehicle, a state detection unit that detects a state of the occupant based on the image, and a notification unit that notifies the occupant when the detected state is a state in which the occupant holds the object in both hands for a predetermined time in a mode in which the vehicle does not need to grip the steering wheel of the vehicle ...