ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,678, issued on May 12, was assigned to Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Abnormality detecting device, security system, and abnormality notification method" was invented by Ken Naka (Kanagawa, Japan) and Satoru Matsuyama (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An abnormality detecting device includes a controller for detecting an abnormality occurred in an in-vehicle network in which a plurality of pieces of vehicle-mounted equipment mounted in a vehicle communicate with each other; and a storage device for storing information, the controller determines a data amount and/or a timing to be used for communication with an...