ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,873, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Monitoring device" was invented by Yuko Mizuno (Nagoya, Japan), Makoto Matsushita (Ichinomiya, Japan), Hayato Mizuma (Tokyo), Kohei Miwa (Shizuoka-ken, Japan) and Naoki Yamada (Kasugai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A monitoring device includes an in-vehicle mount and a stationary mount as mounts to and from which an imaging unit configured to take a video is able to be attached and detached. The imaging unit is configured to automatically switch the operation mode according to the mount on which the imaging unit is mounted in such a manner that the ...