Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for performing an action associated with a driver input indicated via an input modality of a human machine interface of a vehicle
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Application No.: US17090392Application Date: 2020-11-05
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Publication No.: US12077160B2Publication Date: 2024-09-03
- Inventor: Hiroshi Yokoyama , Ercan Mehmet Dede
- Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
- Applicant Address: US TX Plano
- Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Plano
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Main IPC: B60W40/08
- IPC: B60W40/08 ; B60K35/00 ; B60K35/10 ; B60K35/20 ; B60W30/095 ; G01C21/36 ; G06V20/58 ; G06V20/59

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to driver interaction with a user interface of a vehicle. In particular, the present disclosure relates to an apparatus for performing an action associated with a driver input indicated via an input modality of an HMI of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising processing circuitry configured to receive initial data corresponding to an initial driver input via a first input modality of the HMI of the vehicle, compare a confidence level of the initial data to a confidence level threshold associated with the first input modality of the HMI of the vehicle, request, based on the comparison, a subsequent driver input via a second input modality of the HMI of the vehicle, determine a presence of an adverse condition within a vehicle environment, and perform an action associated with the subsequent driver input based on the presence of the adverse condition within the vehicle environment.
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