ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,633, issued on March 24, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Unauthorized readout prevention mechanism and unmanned vehicle" was invented by Hisashi Shiba (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An unauthorized readout prevention mechanism includes a power source unit provided outside a casing provided in an unmanned vehicle, a power line for supplying power from the power source unit to a volatile region inside the casing, an opening-closing unit provided in the casing, and a switch that physically separates the power line and shuts off supply of power to inside the casing when the opening-closing unit is opened."

The patent was fil...