ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,986, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).
"Vehicle device" was invented by Yoshiaki Inoue (Kariya, Japan) and Kenichi Ohnishi (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle device in one embodiment includes: a control unit accesses a peripheral device and executes functions when a vehicle is used; a connection portion to which an external device is connected, the external device communicable with the control unit and executing a function when the vehicle is used; and a determination unit determining whether the external device is connected to the connection portion in an executable state of the fun...