ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,381, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Information processing apparatus and method for improving travel MaaS" was invented by Hiroki Takeishi (Machida, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information processing apparatus includes a controller. The controller acquires data on energy efficiency according to a vehicle type of a vehicle upon acquiring data on the vehicle including vehicle type information for the vehicle and data on a remaining energy amount of the vehicle. The controller determines whether maintenance is required for the vehicle based on the data on the remaining energy amount ...