ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,863, issued on July 22, was assigned to TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC. (Los Altos, Calif.) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-Ken, Japan).
"Driver-centric model predictive controller" was invented by Logan Michael Ellis (Pleasanton, Calif.), Huihua Zhao (San Jose, Calif.) and Avinash Balachandran (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling a vehicle includes controlling, at a first time period, the vehicle based on a first velocity profile constrained by an acceleration profile that includes a minimum acceleration, a maximum acceleration, and a maximum velocity. The method also includes generating an adjust...