ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,147, issued on March 31, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).

"Data transmitting apparatus and traffic data distribution apparatus" was invented by Toshiya Furukawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data transmitting apparatus to be mounted on a vehicle includes a communicator, an abnormal state determiner, a primary data outputting unit, and a secondary data outputting unit. The communicator is configured to communicate with a server. The abnormal state determiner is configured to determine that an abnormal state has occurred whose data is to be transmitted. The primary data outputting unit is configured to perform transmiss...