ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,769,534, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya-city, Japan).

"Vehicle system" was invented by Akira Tanimoto (Kariya-city, Japan) and Hiroyoshi Kunieda (Kariya-city, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle system includes: a vehicle device having a first function that is commonly implemented regardless of a type of the vehicle system; and an external device that operates alone and independently from the vehicle device, has a second function that is selectively implemented in accordance with the type, and is connected to the vehicle device via a communication line. The vehicle device is configured to execute the se...