ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,298, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Hybrid electric vehicle" was invented by Hiroshi Matsumori (Mishima, Japan), Yoshihiro Sakayanagi (Mishima, Japan), Manabu Handa (Susono, Japan), Midori Sugiyama (Susono, Japan), Hirotaka Saito (Sunto-gun, Japan) and Yuki Takahashi (Susono, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication device acquires schedule information in which a schedule of a user who uses a hybrid electric vehicle is recorded. The schedule information includes a traveling schedule for causing the hybrid electric vehicle to travel in a predetermined period. The predetermined peri...