ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,764, issued on June 17, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).

"Battery depletion prevention system, battery depletion prevention method, and non-transitory recording medium" was invented by Keita Takeuchi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery depletion prevention system for a vehicle includes a turn-off control apparatus, a power-supply monitoring apparatus, and a first switch. The power-supply monitoring apparatus is configured to monitor a value of a current flowing through a battery. The first switch is provided between the battery and an in-vehicle apparatus and not between the battery and a communication apparatus. The...