ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,306, issued on July 14, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Information processing device, vehicle, terminal, information processing method, and recording medium storing information processing program" was invented by Kuniharu Tsuzuki (Handa, Japan), Jumpei Fuke (Toyota, Japan), Shimpei Asai (Okazaki, Japan) and Nobuyoshi Nagai (Kariya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information processing device comprising a processor, the processor being configured to: in a case in which a door of a vehicle is locked, determine whether or not a terminal that operates as an electronic key is located in the vehicle; and in ...