ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,841, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Control device, communication control method, and storage medium" was invented by Teruyoshi Katoh (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The control device is the first classification of control device in a communication control system including a first classification of control device and one or more second classifications of control devices connected to the same bus as the first classification of control device. The control device includes a transmission and reception unit that transmits or receives a signal via the bus by a half-duplex communicati...