US Patent Issued to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Sept. 30 for "Longitudinal driver monitoring for medical conditions: cognitive impairments" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,829, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Japan).

"Longitudinal driver monitoring for medical conditions: cognitive impairments" was invented by John K. Lenneman (Okemos, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for detecting a cognitive status of a driver of a vehicle includes a first sensor configured to detect vehicle performance data, a second sensor configured to detect driver condition data, and an electrical control unit (ECU) coupled to the first sensor and the second sensor. The ECU is configured to receive the vehicle pe...