ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,950, issued on May 26, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya-city, Japan).
"Target node selection to wake-up with requesting node" was invented by Mao Yamauchi (Kariya-city, Japan) and Tomohisa Kishigami (Kariya-city, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An in-vehicle network system includes a relay device connecting communication lines to each other and nodes connected to the communication lines. Each of the nodes is configured to enter a wake-up state when the node in the sleep state receives a wake-up signal through the communication line. At least one of the nodes as a requesting node is configured to transmit the wake-up signal. Ac...