US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on July 14 for "Display system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,242, issued on July 14, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Display system" was invented by Hiroshi Yoshida (Anjo, Japan), Takashi Ogura (Seto, Japan) and Yuki Sugo (Seto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The display system includes an instrument panel, a battery, a current sensor, and an ECU. The battery stores electric power for traveling of the vehicle. The current sensor detects a charge/discharge current of the battery. ECU calculates SOC of the battery according to the current sensor. SOC includes a control SOC used for charge/discharge control of the battery, and a display SOC displayed on the instrument ...