ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,034, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Management apparatus and management system" was invented by Yuko Terasawa (Tokyo-to, Japan), Makoto Kakuchi (Toyota, Japan), Toshiaki Karasawa (Tokyo-to, Japan), Takeshi Higashi (Nagoya, Japan) and Yoshihiko Endo (Tokyo-to, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A server (management apparatus) includes: a communication unit (first acquisition unit) that acquires a request regarding adjustment of electric power supply-and-demand in a power grid; and a processor (controller) that performs, based on the request, control to notify, a user of an electrically powered...