ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,624, issued on May 12, was assigned to AutoNetworks Technologies Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan), Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Detection apparatus, detection method, and detection program" was invented by Fumiya Ishikawa (Yokkaichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detection apparatus detects an improper message on a vehicle-mounted network mounted in a vehicle. The detection apparatus includes: a message acquisition unit that acquires a transmission message on the vehicle-mounted network; and a determination unit that performs a determination relating to improper...