ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,685, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas).
"Transport dangerous driving reporting" was invented by Stephen Paul McFarland Jr. (Allen, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example operation includes one or more of identifying a dangerous driving situation, capturing first media by a vehicle involved in the dangerous driving situation, establishing a geofence based on a distance associated with the dangerous driving situation, and capturing second media by one or more other vehicles within the geofence."
The patent was filed on April 26, 2024, under Application No. 18/646,847.
*For furthe...