ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,916, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"In-vehicle control device" was invented by Akito Motohira (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An in-vehicle control device, configured to control charging of a power storage device that is installed in a vehicle, includes a processor. The processor is configured to output a first necessary charging time to a display device when a predetermined condition is satisfied while charging the power storage device. The first necessary charging time is an amount of time required for a storage proportion of the power storage device to reach a predetermined sto...