ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,450,573, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Information processing apparatus" was invented by Wataru Mizutani (Miyoshi, Japan), Kyosuke Matsumoto (Miyoshi, Japan) and Yohei Nakanishi (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire an identifier of a vehicle upon receiving a request for customization of the vehicle, identify one or more parts with which the vehicle is already equipped by searching a vehicle database that stores data on parts with which a plurality of vehicles is equipped using the acquired identifier as a ke...