ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,328,022, issued on June 10, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Battery management system" was invented by Nobuyasu Haga (Seto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The battery management system includes a vehicle and a center. The vehicle includes an acquisition unit that acquires vehicle data, and a transmission unit that transmits the vehicle data to the center. The center includes a reception unit that receives vehicle data from the vehicle, and a determination unit that determines a state of the battery based on the vehicle data. When the vehicle is not parked, the determination unit determines that the battery is ...