US Patent Issued to Nissan North America on Oct. 14 for "Navigation map learning for intelligent hybrid-electric vehicle planning" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,650, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Nissan North America Inc. (Franklin, Tenn.).

"Navigation map learning for intelligent hybrid-electric vehicle planning" was invented by Kyle Hollins Wray (Fremont, Calif.), David Ilstrup (Santa Cruz, 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: "Engine activation planning in a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) is disclosed. Historical driving data of the HEV are analyzed to identify recurring driving scenarios and patterns specific to a driver of the HEV. Future driving scenarios are predicted ba...