ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,061, issued on May 6, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Battery resistance measurement device, vehicle and battery resistance measurement method" was invented by Hiroshi Yoshida (Anjo, Japan) and Yuto Baba (Nisshin, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery resistance measurement system measures an electrical resistance of a battery and comprises a determination unit and a measurement unit. The determination unit determines, based on whether a predetermined condition is satisfied, whether a target battery has switched from a charged state to a discharged state in which while the target battery receives suppli...