ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,650, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Vehicle control device, vehicle control method, non-transitory storage medium" was invented by Masahiro Tsuruga (Tajimi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle control device that is configured to control a vehicle power source, the vehicle control device includes a processor configured to: acquire input information of an operating switch configured to transition on and off states of the vehicle power source; accept a forbidding request from one or more electronic control units installed in the vehicle, the forbidding request being a request to fo...