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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nobuyoshi Sugitani, Susono, JP;
Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Mishima, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 8/32 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 8/32 ;
Abstract
The present invention permits the status of reverse running of a vehicle to be detected accurately, because whether the vehicle is in reverse running or not is determined based on a relation between a direction of lateral acceleration and a direction of yaw rate.