ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,430, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Control method" was invented by Kenichi Yamada (Nisshin, Japan), Toshiki Kashiwakura (Tokyo), Akane Umezu (Nagoya, Japan), Kayo Tsumoto (Nisshin, Japan), Yuta Shishime (Tokyo), Satoshi Komamine (Nagoya, Japan) and Kenji Ishiyama (Kasugai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control method executed by a computer configured to be able to communicate with a vehicle includes: storing a work item included in a charging operation to the vehicle and a work time of the work item in association with each other; and outputting an alert when an end notification of th...