US Patent Issued to TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Jan. 13 for "Music processing for vehicle maps" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,524,200, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Music processing for vehicle maps" was invented by Umer A. Rehman (Plano, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, apparatuses, and methods provide for musical processing for vehicle mapping systems. audio data to be played is obtained. A plurality of features are identified in a map currently presented on a display of a vehicle. The audio data is played. A display is changed of at least one of the plurality of features in the map based on the play of the audio data."

The patent was filed on Jan. 2, 2...