ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,480, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Terminal apparatus, medium, and method of operating terminal apparatus" was invented by Wataru Kaku (Musashino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A terminal apparatus includes a communication interface, an output interface, and a controller configured to communicate with terminal apparatuses of a plurality of called parties via the communication interface and output, via the output interface, an image of a virtual space, the image including images of the plurality of called parties, and speech of the plurality of called parties. The controller outputs imag...