ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,319, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Voice output method" was invented by Taizo Masuda (Yokohama, Japan), Ryota Tomizawa (Mishima, Japan), Sei Miyazaki (Susono, Japan) and Yuki Nishikawa (Susono, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A voice output method is a voice output method in a moving body of public transportation. The voice output method includes: a storage step of storing a voice output to an inside of the moving body, the voice being stored by being divided into a guide voice related to information on the moving body and an advertising voice related to advertising; a determination ste...