ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,405, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to VOLVO TRUCK Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"System and method for surface adaptive braking" was invented by Chidambaram Subramanian (Greensboro, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for using neural networks to ensure the braking capabilities of articulated vehicles are adapted to prevent jackknifing. A system can receive operational parameters associated with both a vehicle and a trailer being towed by the vehicle. The system can also identify a current surface condition and predict, using a neural network, road conditions for a portion of the ...