ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,487, issued on July 14, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Apparatus, moving object, and method of producing moving object" was invented by Kento Iwahori (Nagoya, Japan), Daiki Yokoyama (Miyoshi, Japan), Jyunya Katou (Toyota, Japan) and Kosei Minami (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus comprises an acquisition unit that acquires defect information regarding a defect of a moving object that moves on a production line by remote control; a parts identification unit that, in response to acquisition of the defect information, identifies a part that is assembled to a defective moving object from amo...