ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,896, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-Ken, Japan).
"Adaptive energy management" was invented by James D. Wilder (Dallas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example operation may include one or more of registering a plurality of devices with respect to at least one user, collecting energy-related data by the plurality of devices based on actions performed by the at least one user with the plurality of devices during a period of time, determining an action from among the actions performed with the plurality of devices that raises an energy consumption above a...