ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,838, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to JAGUAR LAND ROVER Ltd. (Coventry, Great Britain).
"Controller for a vehicle and method" was invented by Ryan Bakewell (Coventry, Great Britain), Matthew Hancock (Coventry, Great Britain) and Olivier Roques (Coventry, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A controller can be configured to receive an indication of a measured speed of a vehicle, and determine whether a gradient on which the vehicle is located is below a threshold gradient. The controller can also be configured to provide an output signal to cause a brake of the vehicle to be automatically applied to hold the vehicle station...