ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,653, issued on May 27, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA (Torrance, Calif.).

"Communication device, control device, storage medium, and system for controlling relay of data among electronic control units based on a traveling state of a vehicle" was invented by Yuishi Torisaki (Osaka, Japan), Takamitsu Sasaki (Osaka, Japan) and Tomoyuki Haga (Nara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A module for a vehicle includes: a first communication module that transmits and receives first data to and from a first in-vehicle module; a second communication module that transmits and receives second data to and ...