ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,305, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Vehicle" was invented by Kazushige Hayashi (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes an in-vehicle device and a communication device. The communication device includes a modem, is connected to the in-vehicle device, and is configured to perform wireless communication with a base station. The in-vehicle device and the communication device are configured to perform a handshake in response to power-on of the vehicle. The in-vehicle device is configured to generate diagnosis information when the handshake fails. The communication device i...