ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,756, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to ISUZU MOTORS Ltd. (Yokohama, Japan).
"Brake control apparatus" was invented by Shingo Ikeda (Fujisawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brake control apparatus includes a deceleration control part that decelerates a vehicle either in a first brake control mode using a main brake and an auxiliary brake that uses discrete deceleration values, or in a second brake control mode using the main brake without the auxiliary brake, a determination part that determines whether or not occupants in the vehicle are seated in seats of the vehicle, and a selection part that selects the first brake con...