ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,626,587, issued on May 12, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Information processing method for transmitting information about a function of a roadside device and roadside device" was invented by Toshiki Kashiwakura (Tokyo), Chihiro Inaba (Tokyo), Shoi Suzuki (Tokyo), Tsuyoshi Okada (Nagoya, Japan) and Yasuhiro Kobatake (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The information processing method is an information processing method executed by a computer capable of communicating with one or more terminal devices and one or more roadside devices, and includes: acquiring position information of the terminal device; dete...