ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,229,271, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).
"Control apparatus for vehicle" was invented by Hironori Ooshima (Tokyo), Hisataro Iinami (Tokyo) and Kouichi Seki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control apparatus for a vehicle includes a processor, a storage, and a first determining unit. The processor is configured to control a control target mounted in the vehicle. The storage is configured to contain unauthorized entry data. The unauthorized entry data indicates a presence of an unauthorized entry into the vehicle. The first determining unit is configured to make a determination on a necessity of a secure boo...