ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,049, issued on July 29, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Information processing device and method" was invented by Kota Washio (Shizuoka-ken, Japan), Hinata Ichikawa (Nagoya, Japan) and Masato Endo (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The server obtains a first reduction amount of carbon dioxide emitted from the vehicle group and converts the first reduction amount of carbon dioxide into a first amount of the biological group. The server acquires a second reduction amount of carbon dioxide emitted from the first vehicle by driving of the first user associated with the first vehicle included in the vehicl...