US Patent Issued to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA on Aug. 12 for "Pedal smoothing systems and methods" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,394, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas).

"Pedal smoothing systems and methods" was invented by Thomas S. Hawley (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for smoothing accelerator signal oscillations caused by road interference are provided. The disclosed systems and methods may apply a pedal smoothing logic/filter to avoid unnecessary torque request oscillation (e.g., torque hunting) caused by pedal oscillation. For example, a control may determine when outside road inputs are causing the driver to oscillate the pedal. When road int...