ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,742, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Server and vehicle" was invented by Satoshi Akima (Nagakute, Japan) and Yukiya Kushibiki (Gifu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The control unit of the server acquires first information including a turn indicator operation time, a steering angular velocity, and a vehicle speed when the turn indicator is operated, from the first vehicle. Based on the acquired first information, the control unit of the server determines that the turn indicator operation performed in the first vehicle is an operation for notifying the behavior of the first vehicle and the...