ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,511,114, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Server, storage medium, and software update method" was invented by Tomoyasu Ishikawa (Nagoya, Japan), Hiroshi Inoue (Nagoya, Japan), Shunsuke Tanimori (Arlington, Va.) and Nana Kikuire (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A server updates software on a control device of a vehicle through wireless communication. The server includes a processor and an interface. The processor performs a process of obtaining user's consent to update the software. The processor instructs to start an update process of first software and second software when the consent...