ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,585, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Control device, control method, and recording medium" was invented by Manao Machida (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An acquisition unit (11) acquires information indicating the task performance ability possessed by one or more other autonomous behavior apparatuses. On the basis of the task performance ability possessed by a first autonomous behavior apparatus and the task performance ability possessed by the one or more other autonomous behavior apparatuses, a determination unit (12) determines a destination for the first autonomous behavior apparatus. A connection unit ...