ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,358, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Program update control apparatus, program update control method and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium" was invented by Genta Inoue (Dublin, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A program update control apparatus acquires new program from an external apparatus via a network and rewrites a program of an electronic control unit equipped with a mobile object during drive of the mobile object is disabled. The mobile object includes a low-voltage power system comprising a low-voltage battery configured to supply electrical power to a rewriting control unit an...