US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on May 6 for "Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and signage apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,293,587, issued on May 6, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and signage apparatus" was invented by Ryogo Nonaka (Kawasaki, Japan), Hirona Ota (Seto, Japan), Yuki Tatsumoto (Seto, Japan) and Tsunehiro Yokomori (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information processing apparatus comprises a controller configured to: acquire a first image that is obtained by capturing an external appearance of a first vehicle that is operated as an on-demand bus; and provide the first image to a first user who is to get on board the first vehicle."

The patent ...