ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,400,493, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"System, method, and program for vehicle deterioration detection" was invented by Yoshihisa Yamada (Nagoya, Japan), Tomohiro Yokoyama (Toyota, Japan), Taro Kawai (Toyota, Japan) and Takashi Miki (Nisshin, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle information processing method for calculating a feature related to an operation of a vehicle includes: receiving input information including at least one of information on a driving operation performed on the vehicle, information on an operating state of driver assistance of the vehicle, and information on a be...