ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,902, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).
"Electronic key for vehicle" was invented by Koutarou Saitou (Tokyo), Hiroshi Nomura (Tokyo), Keita Nakahashi (Tokyo), Norihiro Arai (Tokyo) and Junichi Iizuka (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic key for a vehicle includes an operation button, an operation signal transmitter, a light emitter, a light receiver, and a processor. The operation button is configured to perform a door locking and a door unlocking of the vehicle. The operation signal transmitter is configured to transmit an operation signal, based on an operation performed on the operation button....