ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,361,768, issued on July 15, was assigned to HITACHI ASTEMO LTD. (Hitachinaka, Japan).
"In-vehicle device and server" was invented by Naoyuki Yamamoto (Hitachinaka, Japan) and Hitoshi Kawaguchi (Hitachinaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an in-vehicle device capable of switching as to whether to make a diagnosis or not when the identification number of the vehicle is not registered in the server. The in-vehicle device 1 includes an OTA center communicating unit 2 (first communication circuit) that establishes wireless communication with an OTA center 300 (server), a memory 1b (first memory) that stores therein diagnosis...