US Patent Issued to AutoNetworks Technologies, Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Sumitomo Electric Industries on Aug. 4 for "On-board apparatus, on-board system, control method, and computer program" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,701,029, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to AutoNetworks Technologies Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan), Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"On-board apparatus, on-board system, control method, and computer program" was invented by Shota Ushiro (Yokkaichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An on-board apparatus is connected to a plurality of ECUs which include: a first ECU; and a second ECU. The first ECU includes: a first transceiver which, upon receiving a control message corresponding to a matching pattern recorded in a register of the first transceiver, switching the first ECU...