ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,308, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Controller" was invented by Shingo Eto (Toyota, Japan) and Noritaka Takuda (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The controller is installed in the vehicle along with the motor for driving, the auxiliary equipment, and the battery that supplies power to the motor and the auxiliary equipment. After the vehicle's system starts up, the controller is programmed to (A) calculate the power consumption of the auxiliary equipment using the power output from the battery; (B) estimate the auxiliary equipment electricity cost using the power consumption of the...