ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,313, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Moving object operation management device" was invented by Toru Takashima (Susono, Japan), Keigo Noguchi (Toyota, Japan), Atsushi Tojo (Susono, Japan) and Shun Maruyama (Numazu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A moving object operation management device for managing the operation of moving objects that move in a passage provided in an area and perform work at a specific place. When the work of a certain moving object hinders the movement of another moving object in a passage, the exclusive section and the exclusive section for one of the two moving obj...