US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Oct. 7 for "Vehicle control interface and vehicle including the same, autonomous driving system and vehicle including the same, and method of controlling vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,741, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Vehicle control interface and vehicle including the same, autonomous driving system and vehicle including the same, and method of controlling vehicle" was invented by Eisuke Ando (Nagoya, Japan) and Toshikazu Hioki (Kariya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a manual like a POV mode that is set when a VP is turned on, a manual with VO mode in which the VP is under the control by an operator, and an autonomy with VO mode in which the VP is under the control by an ADS. A processor of a VCIB is configured 1) to receive an operator command fo...