ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,828, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to GS Yuasa International Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Computer program, determination device, and determination method" was invented by Yu Matsumoto (Kyoto, Japan), Seiji Takai (Kyoto, Japan), Eiji Hayashi (Kyoto, Japan), Shinichi Namitoko (Kyoto, Japan) and Masaki Oya (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer is caused to execute a process of; executing, for a system including an energy storage device and a powered unit driven by power supplied from the energy storage device wherein the energy storage device including a switch for switching between energized and non-energized states and h...