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Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 26, 2018
Applicants:

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);

Colorado State University Research Foundation, Fort Collins, CO (US);

Inventors:

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);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/10 (2016.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60K 6/20 (2007.10); B60W 30/188 (2012.01); F02N 19/00 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/10 (2013.01); B60K 6/20 (2013.01); B60W 30/188 (2013.01); B60W 50/0097 (2013.01); B60W 2520/04 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2540/10 (2013.01); B60W 2555/20 (2020.02); B60W 2555/60 (2020.02); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/192 (2013.01); F02N 19/001 (2013.01); F02N 2200/10 (2013.01);
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.


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