ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,812, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Vehicle" was invented by Taiki Iida (Nisshin, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes: a front camera configured to capture an image in front of the vehicle through a windshield of the vehicle; a front visibility recognition unit configured to recognize a degree of deterioration of front visibility through the windshield based on captured image of the front camera; a foreign object removing unit configured to remove a surface abnormality of a rear window that deteriorates rear visibility through the rear window of the vehicle; and a rear vi...