ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,354,419, issued on July 8, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Abnormal noise diagnosis support system" was invented by Hiroyuki Okamoto (Toyota, Japan) and Masaya Tagawa (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The abnormal noise diagnosis support system includes an acquisition module and a processing module. The acquisition module is configured to acquire a plurality of assumed locations of the abnormal noise in the diagnosis target vehicle, at least one assumed abnormal noise at each of the assumed locations, and an assumed frequency of the abnormal noise at each of the assumed locations. The processing module is...