US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on July 14 for "Vehicle referencing system" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,240, issued on July 14, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Vehicle referencing system" was invented by Hiroshi Ashida (Aichi-ken, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electrified vehicle connected to external charging and discharging device is identified by referencing various information acquired from electrified vehicle with various information acquired from the external charging and discharging device. Thus, even when a plurality of external charging and discharging devices are installed in a close range, electrified vehicles connected to the external charging and discharging device can be appropriately identifi...