ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,125, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Operation management apparatus" was invented by Yu Nagata (Chofu, Japan) and Ibuki Shimada (Miyoshi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An operation management apparatus includes a controller configured to receive, via a communication interface, first data to be transmitted at first time intervals and second data to be transmitted at second time intervals longer than the first time intervals from the vehicle, the first data indicating an operational state of the vehicle at a time of transmission of the first data, the second data indicating operational st...