US Patent Issued to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Sept. 8 for "Vehicle smart key systems and methods" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,817, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Japan).

"Vehicle smart key systems and methods" was invented by Jieun Lee (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and apparatus for a vehicle preconditioning system. The vehicle preconditioning system includes a vehicle and an associated wireless key for the vehicle. The wireless key is configured to measure biometric data (e.g., heart rate, temperature, and the like) of a user of the wireless key to determine a physiological state of the user. The wireless key can tran...