US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on April 14 for "Program update method, program update system and mobile object" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,602,220, issued on April 14, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Program update method, program update system and mobile object" was invented by Genta Inoue (Dublin, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A program update method of a mobile object by acquiring new program from a server device via a network, comprises: performing update of a program of an electronic control unit equipped with the mobile object while the mobile object is stationary by using the new program acquired from the server device; sending, by using a short range communication from the mobile object to the mobile terminal, a second information regarding upd...