ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,036, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Abnormal sound diagnostic system" was invented by Yu Ueda (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The abnormal sound diagnostic system of the present disclosure includes an abnormal sound diagnostic system including a diagnostic device for diagnosing abnormal sound generated in a vehicle based on data of sound emitted from a vehicle and inquiry information about abnormal sound generated in a vehicle, the abnormal sound diagnostic system including an calculation processing unit for acquiring a spectrogram indicating a relationship between time, frequ...