ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,507, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Notification device and storage medium" was invented by Takashi Kashimura (Nagoya, Japan) and Takahiro Kato (Numazu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A notification device carried by a user includes a control unit capable of switching between the first mode and the second mode. The first mode is a mode in which the position information indicating the position of the notification device is transmitted to the predetermined external device in the first cycle, and the reminding notification is transmitted when the transmission condition of the reminding not...