ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,035, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-Ken, Japan).

"Driving diagnostic device, driving diagnostic system, driving diagnostic method, and storage medium" was invented by Satoshi Akima (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a driving diagnostic unit that performs driving diagnostics related to a reverse operation of a vehicle based on a maximum value of a duration and a second threshold value, the duration being a time during which a vehicle speed of the vehicle in at least one of a time period between a first time before a switching time at which a shift lever of the vehicle is moved f...