ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,417,700, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Information notification system and information notification method" was invented by Yoshiki Tatebe (Toyota, Japan), Yoshiya Iwaki (Miyoshi, Japan) and Takashi Yamaguchi (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information notification system notifies a user of a vehicle of information. A first condition is that one or more time-designated speed limit signs recognized by a camera mounted on the vehicle designate all times of day as a whole. The information notification system determines whether or not the first condition is satisfied. When the fir...