ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,511,959, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).
"Authentication system and authentication method" was invented by Kodai Yamaura (Kariya, Japan) and Kazuya Yamada (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An authentication system includes an in-vehicle unit that is mounted in a vehicle, and a vehicle-exterior apparatus that is provided outside the vehicle. The in-vehicle unit and the vehicle-exterior apparatus are configured to communicate with each other. The in-vehicle unit includes a first vehicle-interior storage unit that stores user related information, a second vehicle-interior storage unit that stores ...