ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,283,268, issued on April 22, was assigned to Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Information processing apparatus and information processing method" was invented by Chikao Takasugi (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information processing apparatus includes a voice data input device (a microphone) to which voice data is input; a user data input device (an input device) to which user data is input from a user; and a controller. The controller recognizes first voice data input to the voice data input device (the microphone), outputs second voice data indicating that predetermined equipment is to be controlled based on ...