ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,273, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle key system and vehicle locking method" was invented by Shouta Suzawa (Tokyo) and Kazuki Tomimatsu (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle key system is configured to change a lock status of a vehicle through communication performed between a user terminal and the vehicle. The vehicle key system includes one or more control circuits. The user terminal includes a terminal communication unit. The terminal communication unit is configured to communicate with the vehicle. The vehicle includes a vehicle communication unit and a vehicle opening-and-closing unit. ...