ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,715, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Information processing device and vehicle" was invented by Yasunao Yoshizaki (Tokyo-to, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information processing device comprises a controller configured to execute: detecting that a confirmation operation that is an operation of visually confirming a side portion of a first vehicle is performed by a driver of the first vehicle; and performing control that sets transmittance of a window lying in a corresponding direction at a predetermined value if the confirmation operation is detected."

The patent was filed on May 12...