ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,211,010, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-ken, Japan).

"Information processing device and information processing method for vehicle inspection or repair" was invented by Tadashi Saito (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information processing device includes a control unit that executes: selecting a single or plurality of shops where inspection or repair of a vehicle is capable of being performed; acquiring a single or plurality of destinations; and calculating a total time length of a first time length, a second time length and a third time length, about all combinations of a first shop and a fi...