ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,750, issued on May 20, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-ken, Japan).
"Vehicle coastdown control system" was invented by Thomas S. Hawley (Ann Arbor, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for controlling a vehicle includes: the vehicle, at least one forward-looking sensor disposed within the vehicle, and a positioning system disposed within the vehicle. The system also includes a processor disposed within the vehicle and configured to: during deceleration of the vehicle, determine, based on inputs from the at least one forward-looking sens...