US Patent Issued to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA on June 2 for "Drivings insights with alternative power sources" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,720, issued on June 2, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Japan).

"Drivings insights with alternative power sources" was invented by Lu Xu (Canton, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and apparatus for providing driving insights includes a driving insights module programed to receive a set of vehicle conditions, receive a fuel consumption database, and calculate a fuel savings of the vehicle based upon the set of vehicle conditions and the fuel consumption database. For example, the driving insights module can calculate the fuel saved b...