ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,271, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to MICWARE Co. LTD. (Hyogo, Japan).

"Information output device and information output method" was invented by Yurie Yasui (Hyogo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information output device (1) includes an output device (12) that outputs at least one of image data, text data, or voice data, and a control device (14) that causes the output device (12) to output recharging proposal information (38) when a predetermined condition is satisfied, the recharging proposal information being information that encourages recharging of a power source that drives a mobile unit (2). When predetermined co...