ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,372, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Woven By Toyota Inc. (Tokyo).
"Autonomous vehicle operator engagement" was invented by Manuel Ludwig Kuehner (Mountain View, Calif.) and Hiroshi Yasuda (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to keeping an operator of a host vehicle that is semi-autonomous or autonomous engaged. In one embodiment, a method includes determining whether a disengagement ratio of the host vehicle is below a predetermined threshold value and determining whether driving conditions at an upcoming road segment are conducive for disengagement of auton...