ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,858, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Vehicle control apparatus" was invented by Shogo Ito (Shizuoka-ken, Japan), Kumiko Kondo (Numazu, Japan) and Shinya Kawamata (Mishima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle control apparatus comprises a sensor that obtains object information on an object that is present in front of a vehicle; a regenerative brake device that applies a regenerative brake force to a wheel; a friction brake device that applies a friction brake force to the wheel; and a control unit that performs a deceleration control to control at least one of the regenerative brake de...