US Patent Issued to TOYOTA CONNECTED NORTH AMERICA, TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Aug. 18 for "Vehicle security mode" (American, Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,713,478, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to TOYOTA CONNECTED NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas), TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-Ken, Japan).

"Vehicle security mode" was invented by Simon P. Roberts (Celina, Texas), Sergei I. Gage (Dallas), Yang Ding (Montreal), Christopher J. Macpherson (Plano, Texas), Michael R. Kushnerik (The Colony, Texas), Naohiro J. Matsumura (Dallas), Cory M. Frank (Frisco, Texas), Jessica May (Danbury, Texas) and Matthew J. Everett (Norton Shores, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example operation includes one or more of entering, by a vehicle, a security mode, ...