ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,249, issued on July 1, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).

"Reprogramming system and reprogramming tool" was invented by Kenta Odawara (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reprogramming system comprises modules that are provided in a vehicle and that comprise a target module for which reprogramming is to be performed and a non-target module coupled to the target module so as to communicate with the target module and a reprogramming tool coupled to the modules so as to communicate with the modules. The reprogramming tool comprises at least one processor and at least one memory coupled to the processor. The processor performs a tra...