ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,537, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyoto, Japan).
"Information processing device" was invented by Yosuke Akishita (Tokyo), Hiroyuki Bandai (Nagakute, Japan) and Takurou Sakai (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The information processing device includes a control unit that specifies, for each preset setting area, a setting condition for improving the fuel efficiency of the vehicle by using the low-viscosity oil based on the data of the plurality of vehicles. When the data of the vehicle that does not use the low viscosity oil satisfies the setting condition in the setting area, the control unit executes...