ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,718,409, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya-city, Japan).

"Information management system, center, information managing method, and storage medium storing program" was invented by Ryota Saito (Kariya-city, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information management system includes a vehicle and a center. The information management system manages information to be provided to an information utilizer from the center. The vehicle obtains external information by using a capture device recognizing a landmark, obtains location information expressing location of the vehicle, and transmits to the center, vehicle information...