ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,913, issued on April 7, was assigned to ADVICS Co. LTD. (Kariya, Japan).
"Braking control device" was invented by Yusaku Yamamoto (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A braking control device executes pre-stop braking control to adjust a braking force when a vehicle stops. The pre-stop braking control includes reduction control that reduces the braking force, and increase control that is executed before the reduction control is started, to increase the braking force. An increasing unit executes the increase control, and a reducing unit executes the reduction control. A calculation unit calculates a braking distance extended ...