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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2019
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Jeffrey E. Pierfelice, Canton, MI (US);
Frankie Reed, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Chris Conrad, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Coh Yoshizaki, Wixom, MI (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
In an embodiment, a vehicle makes a determination, during a second ignition-on cycle of the vehicle, that a trailer brake output circuit of the vehicle was operated during a first ignition-on cycle of the vehicle preceding the second ignition-on cycle. In response to making the determination, the vehicle presents a query, via a user interface of the vehicle, whether to operate the trailer brake output circuit according to a previously-used trailer profile according to which the trailer brake output circuit was operated during the first ignition-on cycle preceding the second ignition-on cycle. The vehicle receives a reply, associated with the query, via the user interface and, in response to receiving the reply, operates the trailer brake output circuit based on the reply.