ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,639,675, issued on May 26, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Information processing device and system" was invented by Tomoyoshi Ueki (Toyota, Japan), Nao Matsubara (Toyota, Japan), Hiroshi Yamasaki (Nagoya, Japan) and Isao Sato (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information processing device predicts amounts of batteries to be recycled that are expected to be emitted over a predetermined period in each area. The information processing device determines whether there is a first recycling facility in which the amount of batteries to be recycled that are expected to be emitted over a predetermined period in...