ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,774, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Nissan North America Inc. (Franklin, Tenn.).
"Intelligent engine activation planner" was invented by Kyle Hollins Wray (Fremont, Calif.), Liam Pedersen (San Francisco), Richard Lui (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Christopher Ostafew (Mountain View, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for planning an activation action for an engine of a vehicle is disclosed. The method includes planning, according to a model, an activation action of an engine of a vehicle, and activating the engine according to the activation action. The model includes a state space comprising a current charge level of the ba...