ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,407, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to AutoNetworks Technologies Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan), Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"In-vehicle apparatus and information processing method having a first and second processing unit for controlling a vehicle" was invented by Takuya Kobayashi (Yokkaichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An in-vehicle apparatus includes a first processing unit for controlling the vehicle and is connected to a plurality of in-vehicle ECUs, a second processing unit, connected the plurality of in-vehicle ECUs, communicates with the first proces...