ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,905, issued on June 17, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Elevator charging system, elevator management server, moving body, moving body server, elevator charging method, and storage medium" was invented by Manato Takai (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are an elevator charging system, a management server, a moving body, a moving body server, a charging method, and a storage medium storing program that make it possible to charge usage fees reflecting the demand of moving bodies. In a charging system (1), cars (5) transport moving bodies (11) between a plurality of floors. A communication unit (7a) recei...