US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Sept. 30 for "Vehicle, judging method, and non-transitory, computer-readable recording medium on which computer program is recorded" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,430,972, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Vehicle, judging method, and non-transitory, computer-readable recording medium on which computer program is recorded" was invented by Jumpei Fuke (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to determine whether or not a communication interface is malfunctioning, the communication interface being configured to perform communication for confirming that a device, which holds a digital key for activation, is inside a vehicle cabin, and in a case in which it is de...