ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,797, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-ken, Japan).
"Vehicle information providing system" was invented by Kentaro Hamada (Toyota, Japan) and Kotaro Hoshihara (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle information providing system is realized, which is capable of providing appropriate vehicle information depending on a used driving energy source. The kind of fuel used when refueling a vehicle is identified based on image information from a camera provided in a service station, and/or payment information for the refueling. The magnitude of the environmental burden caused by the identified fuel is...