ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,585,456, issued on March 24, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Parking position determination device" was invented by Fumiya Sato (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A parking position determination device determines a parking position of a vehicle parked for power supply in a parking lot including a first parking space provided with a first power supply facility having a data communication function that provides update data for software of an in-vehicle ECU to the vehicle, and a second parking space provided with a second power supply facility that does not have the data communication function. The parking...