US Patent Issued to Toyota Research Institute on May 6 for "Control system using a combined pedal and feedback for recommending speed" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,222, issued on May 6, was assigned to Toyota Research Institute Inc. (Los Altos, Calif.).

"Control system using a combined pedal and feedback for recommending speed" was invented by Jaime S. Camhi (Los Gatos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to communicating a recommended speed through feedback on a combined pedal for acceleration or braking. In one embodiment, a control system includes a pedal coupled to a first device having a throttle sensor for a vehicle and a first actuator that generates throttle feedback by applying force to the pedal. The control system also ...