ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,561,414, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Panasonic Automotive Systems Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Vehicle security device, security method, and recording medium" was invented by Akihito Takeuchi (Osaka, Japan), Kaoru Yokota (Hyogo, Japan) and Tomoyuki Haga (Nara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle security device installed in a vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes: a first ECU including the vehicle security device; and a second ECU connected to the first ECU, which controls a device provided in the vehicle. The vehicle security device includes: a dynamic authorizer that performs, when an access request for access to ...