ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,219, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Route search system and route search method" was invented by Yu Nagata (Chofu, Japan), Ai Miyata (Sakai, Japan), Satoshi Komamine (Nagoya, Japan) and Syouta Komatsu (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information processing apparatus comprises a controller configured to execute: acquiring operation information that is information related to operation of a bus; and generating a running route for a first vehicle that is a light vehicle on the basis of the operation information."
The patent was filed on July 24, 2023, under Application No. 18/357,6...