ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,660, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS Co. LTD. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method" was invented by Takashi Hatano (Kanagawa Ken, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information processing apparatus includes a memory and a processor. A program is stored in the memory. The processor is coupled to the memory and configured to perform processing by executing the program. The processing includes accepting a setting of a virtual operation surface to be used for determining an operation to a device, and operating the device b...