ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,400,545, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and non-transitory computer readable medium for assignment of a parcel as a parking slot" was invented by Yukari Suzuki (Fukuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information processing apparatus includes an interface configured to be able to acquire information regarding a parcel, and a controller configured to generate, based on the information regarding the parcel, information regarding assignment of the parcel as a parking slot."

The patent was filed on Aug. 30, 2023, under Applica...