ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,411, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"In-vehicle computer" was invented by Kosuke Ohashi (Kiyosu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An in-vehicle computer includes an execution device and a storage device including a RAM. The storage device stores programs of a plurality of applications to be executed by the execution device. The RAM stores temporary data of the applications. When the execution device determines that the RAM is running out of capacity, the execution device compresses the temporary data of the application stored in the RAM. At this time, the execution device compresses only t...