US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Oct. 7 for "Object identification and search range adjustment method and apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,015, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-Ken, Japan).

"Object identification and search range adjustment method and apparatus" was invented by Ryo Igarashi (Chofu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes processing an inquiry to identify an object outside a vehicle, wherein the inquiry is made by an occupant of the vehicle. The method also includes determining a direction of occupant focus at a time of receiving the inquiry. The method further includes detecting a quantity of lanes of a road upon which the vehicle is travelling. The method additionally includes setting one or more search areas e...