ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,518, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Travel planner and method for travel planning" was invented by Taichi Kawanai (Susono, Japan), Yusuke Hayashi (Susono, Japan) and Daichi Hotta (Tokyo-to, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A travel planner identifies, for a connection point where a travel lane in which a vehicle is traveling connects ahead of the vehicle with another lane different from the travel lane, an entry time range representing a time range during which entry of the vehicle from the travel lane to the connection point is recommended, and creates a travel plan including a transit...