ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,404, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Vehicle cabin state recognizing device" was invented by Hiroshi Nakada (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The vehicle cabin state recognizing device of the present disclosure includes a plurality of cameras capable of capturing an image of a vehicle cabin provided on a steering wheel, and an image processing device connected to the plurality of cameras. The image processing device first acquires a captured image from each of the plurality of cameras. The image processing device then determines a shielding state of each of the plurality of camera...