US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on July 7 for "Vehicle control systems for adjusting cruise control settings" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,677, issued on July 7, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Vehicle control systems for adjusting cruise control settings" was invented by Audrey Devin Porter (Warren, Mich.) and Kevin A. O'Dea (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example vehicle control system includes a drive unit, an accelerator pedal, a brake pedal, and a vehicle control module configured to automatically control the drive unit to target a cruise control set speed of the vehicle while a cruise control feature of the vehicle is engaged, detect at least one press input parameter associated with the accelerator or brake pedal...