US Patent Issued to QUALCOMM on Nov. 3 for "Systems and techniques for controlling an engine of a vehicle" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,213, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to QUALCOMM Inc. (San Diego).

"Systems and techniques for controlling an engine of a vehicle" was invented by Lars Johansson (Save, Sweden) and Karl-Johan Ahlgren Ode (Gothenburg, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and techniques are described herein for controlling an engine of a vehicle. For instance, a method for controlling an engine of a vehicle is provided. The method may include predicting a time associated with acceleration of the vehicle; determining an engine-off duration based on an engine-shutdown duration, an engine-startup duration, and the time wherein the engine-shutdown d...