US Patent Issued to AutoNetworks Technologies, Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Sumitomo Electric Industries on Sept. 29 for "On-board device, information processing method, and computer program" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,748,616, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to AutoNetworks Technologies Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan), Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"On-board device, information processing method, and computer program" was invented by Ken Furuto (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Koji Yasuda (Yokkaichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An on-board device includes: a control unit in which a plurality of virtual devices serve as an operation environment for programs; and a storage unit that stores a virtualization operating system. Each of the virtual devices: includes a communication buffer to wh...