ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,512, issued on July 15, was assigned to FAURECIA CLARION ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Saitama, Japan).

"In-vehicle apparatus control system, in-vehicle apparatus, and in-vehicle apparatus control method" was invented by Hiroe Ushio (Saitama, Japan), Shingo Takei (Saitama, Japan) and Yuichiro Nakagawa (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A user's position inside a passenger compartment is judged easily and reliably and control according to the user's position is provided. An in-vehicle apparatus control system includes a server and an in-vehicle apparatus and is configured to communicate with a mobile terminal, such as a smart phon...