ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,583, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).

"Server apparatus" was invented by Kazuhiro Hayakawa (Tokyo), Ryota Nakamura (Tokyo), Junichi Motoyama (Tokyo), Tsukasa Mikuni (Tokyo) and Takuya Homma (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A server apparatus includes a collection unit, an identification unit, an ID information generation unit, a storage, a determination unit, and a notification unit. The collection unit performs, when an accident occurs, communication connection with a surrounding vehicle including an accident vehicle or a portable device and collect accident information therefrom. The identification unit i...