US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Sept. 22 for "Control device of vehicle and control method of vehicle" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,647, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Control device of vehicle and control method of vehicle" was invented by Wataru Kawashima (Nisshin, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A processor of an ECU includes: a deceleration amount calculation unit that calculates a first deceleration amount for controlling deceleration of a vehicle during vehicle driving in an automatic driving mode; a deceleration amount acquisition unit that acquires a second deceleration amount of the vehicle according to an operation of a brake pedal when a driver operates the brake pedal; a deceleration control unit that c...