ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,481, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Vehicle and software update system" was invented by Tomoyasu Ishikawa (Nagoya, Japan), Hiroshi Inoue (Nagoya, Japan), Shunsuke Tanimori (Arlington, Va.) and Nana Kikuire (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle including an electronic control unit configured to update software, the vehicle includes: a communication unit configured to communicate with user equipment; and a control unit configured to request the user equipment to display on a display unit of the user equipment, a first operation unit that is used when a user accepts download of...