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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2018
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Colorado State University Research Foundation, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Joshua Payne, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Heraldo Stefanon, Dexter, MI (US);
Benjamin Geller, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Takanori Aoki, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Thomas Bradley, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Zachary Asher, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
David Trinko, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Colorado State University Research Foundation, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Abstract
A method may include predicting an acceleration event of a vehicle. The method may further include predicting a maximum speed of the predicted acceleration event. The method may also include determining an engine start time based on the predicted maximum speed. The method may still further include starting an engine of the vehicle at the engine start time.