ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,843, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Control device for power supply during traveling" was invented by Toshiya Hashimoto (Miyoshi, Japan), Masato Maemura (Nisshin, Japan), Shogo Tsuge (Fuji, Japan) and Ryosuke Ikemura (Susono, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device for power supply during traveling has a processor, acquires control information from the vehicle, and controls the biometric detector provided in the power supply lane that transmits electric power to the vehicle while traveling based on the control information."

The patent was filed on Jan. 10, 2024, under Applica...