ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,971, issued on June 24, was assigned to NISSAN MOTOR Co. LTD. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Onboard computer, computer program, computer-readable recording medium, and security setting method" was invented by Yoshitaka Komine (Kanagawa, Japan) and Satoru Matsuyama (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An onboard computer (100) to which data is input from outside a vehicle via a communication interface (10), the onboard computer (100) comprising: a risk evaluation unit (21) configured to evaluate, based on data information of the input data, a risk when an abnormality occurs due to the data; a security strength adjustment unit (22) co...