ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,314,804, issued on May 27, was assigned to ISUZU MOTORS Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Reading system and reading method" was invented by Akira Imai (Fujisawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reading system includes a controller that is mounted on a vehicle, and a reader that reads a tag of a load placed in a load chamber of the vehicle, wherein the controller includes a second determination part that determines whether the door of the load chamber is closed, and a displacement control part that displaces the load chamber in accordance with a timing when the tag information acquisition part acquires the identification information if the second de...