ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,851, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle management system, vehicle management method, and energy management system" was invented by Toru Kimura (Saitama, Japan), Hisashi Nagaoka (Saitama, Japan) and Mutsumi Katayama (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a vehicle management system configured to manage a plurality of vehicles used at an office. Each of the vehicles includes a battery. The vehicle management system includes: a first prediction control unit configured to cause a prediction for an amount of surplus power generated at the office on a non-work day of the office; a second p...