ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,311, issued on July 22, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Vehicle door unlocking system and method" was invented by Daisuke Muto (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle door unlocking system of the present disclosure includes an in-vehicle device installed in a vehicle and an external device installed outside the vehicle. The in-vehicle device acquires unlocking information externally given to the vehicle to unlock the door without a key operation and outputs an unlocking command for making a door locking device unlock the door. The external device acquires the unlocking information defined by a us...