ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,989, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Determination device" was invented by Kenichi Yamada (Nisshin, Japan), Toshiki Kashiwakura (Tokyo), Akane Umezu (Nagoya, Japan), Kayo Tsumoto (Nisshin, Japan), Yuta Shishime (Tokyo), Satoshi Komamine (Nagoya, Japan) and Kenji Ishiyama (Kasugai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The determination device includes an acquisition unit and a control unit. The acquisition unit acquires sensor information output by a sensor that detects an obstacle around the vehicle to be charged. The control unit identifies an obstacle located around the vehicle based on the ...