ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,289, issued on March 3, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Vehicle control system and vehicle control device" was invented by Hiroshi Hirano (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system for a vehicle includes a first control device and a second control device that receives data transmitted by the first control device and determines a communication anomaly of the data. When the first control device starts transmission of data to the second control device via the first transmission path, the first control device transmits a signal serving as a trigger for starting determination of a communication an...