ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,805, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to AutoNetworks Technologies Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan), Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Processing apparatus, processing system, and processing method" was invented by Shota Ushiro (Yokkaichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Individual ECUs are mounted on a vehicle and execute processing using power supplied from one of a main power storage device and a sub power storage device. When a predetermined condition is satisfied, the processing unit of each individual ECU determines whether the supplying of power from the main powe...