ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,883, issued on May 27, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Vehicle control system" was invented by Yutaka Hamasaki (Toyota, Japan), Akihiko Tanio (Toyota, Japan), Hiroshi Shikata (Nisshin, Japan), Akira Matsumoto (Toyota, Japan) and Yuki Hayakawa (Okazaki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The vehicle control system of the present disclosure includes a meter-side control device that is installed in a vehicle and can measure the total distance traveled by the vehicle, and a backup device that can obtain a copy of the total distance measured by the meter-side control device. Data communication between the meter-sid...