ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,511,951, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Information processing device and method" was invented by Shouta Makino (Toyokawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "When the vehicle is in the parked state, the information processing device mounted on the vehicle acquires information on the state of the cooler box mounted on the vehicle, and performs processing related to notification of information on the state of the cooler box to the user terminal associated with the vehicle. The information processing device determines whether or not to notify the user terminal of the information regarding the stat...