ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,928, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Vehicle with interior imaging system" 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: "A vehicle includes a camera, a detection mechanism, and a processor. The camera is mounted on the vehicle and captures images of the vehicle's interior. The detection mechanism detects that the vehicle is unlocked by an authorized worker. Upon detection of such unl...