US Patent Issued to TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA on July 14 for "Completing a transaction by a transport" (Michigan, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,682,414, issued on July 14, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas).

"Completing a transaction by a transport" was invented by Roger Akira Kyle (Aubrey, Texas), Timothy Wang (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Bryan Else Yamasaki (Ypsilanti, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example operation includes one or more of monitoring, by a transport exterior a location, an exchange performed in an interior of the location by a recent occupant of the transport, and completing, by the transport, the exchange."

The patent was filed on Dec. 16, 2024, under Application No. 18/982,153.

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