ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,314, issued on June 3, was assigned to HITACHI ASTEMO LTD. (Ibaraki, Japan).
"Vehicle integrated-control device and vehicle integrated-control method" was invented by Kenta Maeda (Tokyo), Masaru Yamasaki (Tokyo), Takahiro Ito (Tokyo), Kentarou Ueno (Hitachinaka, Japan) and Shuji Ohshita (Hitachinaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle integrated-control device generates internal commands that supplement insufficient external commands in an environment where external commands are insufficient and that integrally controls each actuator to improve the operational feeling of the driver and occupant ride comfort. The vehicle in...