公开(公告)号：US20230034583A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-02

申请号：US17401937

申请日：2021-08-13

Applicant: Toyota Connected North America, Inc.

Inventor： Simon P. Roberts ,  Yang Ding ,  Daniel W. Reaser ,  Christopher J. Macpherson ,  Keaton Khonsari ,  Derek A. Thompson ,  Sergei I. Gage ,  Jessica May

IPC: G01S7/41 ,  G01S13/72 ,  G05B13/02 ,  B60R25/31 ,  B60R25/01 ,  B60R25/24 ,  B60R25/10

Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to adapting vehicle access by detecting a person carrying an object. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting a person near a vehicle for gaining access. The method also includes scanning the person for an object using a radar of the vehicle, wherein information from the radar indicates densities of the person and the object. Upon detecting the object using the densities, the method also includes adapting the access to a compartment of the vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US20220388464A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-08

申请号：US17341802

申请日：2021-06-08

Applicant: Toyota Connected North America, Inc. ,  Toyota Motor North America, Inc.

Inventor： Simon P. Roberts ,  Yang Ding ,  Daniel W. Reaser ,  Christopher J. Macpherson ,  Keaton Khonsari ,  Derek A. Thompson ,  Sergei I. Gage

IPC: B60R21/015 ,  B60Q9/00 ,  B60R22/32

Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to sensing ingress of water in a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes acquiring, from a radar of a vehicle, radar data about a passenger cabin of the vehicle. The method includes determining a current state of the passenger cabin according to the radar data. The method includes, responsive to identifying that the current state indicates an ingress of water into the passenger cabin, generating a response to the ingress of the water.

公开(公告)号：US11313765B2

公开(公告)日：2022-04-26

申请号：US16255406

申请日：2019-01-23

Applicant: Toyota Connected North America, Inc.

Inventor： Jeremy J. Onekea ,  Darren K. Masumori ,  Randall M. Harris

IPC: G01M17/007 ,  G01M15/10 ,  G06T7/00 ,  G06K9/62 ,  H04N5/445 ,  G06K9/00

Abstract: A vehicle certification system includes an emissions sensor configured to capture emissions data of a subject vehicle, a local computing system that includes a processor and a non-transitory computer readable memory, an imaging device communicatively coupled to the processor, a display communicatively coupled to the processor, and a machine-readable instruction set stored in the non-transitory computer readable memory that, when executed by the processor, causes the local computing system to capture image data of the subject vehicle, and a remote server that is configured to receive the emissions data captured by the emissions sensor, determine compliance with at least one emissions criterion based on the emissions data, receive the image data of the subject vehicle captured by the local computing system, and determine compliance with at least one visually verifiable inspection criterion based on the image data.

公开(公告)号：US11250845B2

公开(公告)日：2022-02-15

申请号：US16122489

申请日：2018-09-05

Applicant: Toyota Connected North America, Inc.

Inventor： Brian M. Kursar

IPC: G10L15/22 ,  G10L15/30 ,  H04W4/02

Abstract: A virtual assistance system for a vehicle is provided. The virtual assistance system includes one or more processors, one or more memory modules communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, an input device communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, an output device communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, and machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory modules. The virtual assistance system receives, through the input device, a request for an item from a user, retrieves a location of an entity associated the item, calculates an estimated arrival time when the vehicle will arrive at the location, compares the estimated arrival time with a predetermined time associated with the entity, and instructs the output device to generate a delivery prompt related to the item in response to comparing the estimated arrival time with the predetermined time.

公开(公告)号：US11170652B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-09

申请号：US16553837

申请日：2019-08-28

Applicant: Toyota Connected North America, Inc.

Inventor： Mathew D. Gardner ,  Taylor G. Smith

IPC: G08G1/00 ,  G08G1/0968 ,  G06Q10/06 ,  G01C21/34

Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving vehicle routing for a mobility service. In one embodiment, a method includes, in response to receiving a routing request for the mobility service, determining candidate vehicles and candidate routes for the candidate vehicles to fulfill the routing request. The method includes evaluating the candidate routes using a meta-heuristic that modifies and assesses the candidate routes according to at least a fitness function defines attributes for constraining the candidate routes. The method includes providing a solution route from the candidate routes upon the solution route satisfying at least one solution condition.

公开(公告)号：US20210304137A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-30

申请号：US16938289

申请日：2020-07-24

Applicant: Toyota Connected North America, Inc.

Inventor： Brian M. Kursar

IPC: G06Q10/08 ,  G06Q10/06 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  G06F16/2455 ,  G07C9/00

Abstract: System and methods described herein relate to crowdsourced delivery, including receiving a delivery request, selecting a plurality of participants, determining a delivery route including at least one transfer of the parcel between a first participant and a second participant of the plurality of participants, with at least the first participant operating a vehicle having a secure storage locker that includes at least one secure compartment to hold the parcel, generating access keys including at least a first access key that enables access to the secure storage locker and a second access key that enables access to a secure compartment in the storage locker, transmitting the access keys to the second participant, distributing delivery tasks, based on the delivery route, to the plurality of participants, wherein completion of the delivery tasks results in delivery of the parcel to the delivery destination, and monitoring completion of the delivery tasks by the plurality of participants.

公开(公告)号：US20210197848A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-01

申请号：US16736070

申请日：2020-01-07

Applicant: Toyota Connected North America, Inc.

Inventor： Raja Shekar Kilaru ,  Akshata Dundi Mohan ,  Nimish Kumar Amlathe ,  Christian Gilles Claudel

IPC: B60W50/14 ,  B60W40/114 ,  B60W40/107 ,  B60W40/08 ,  G06N20/00

Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving crash prediction through correlating an observed response and a predicted response of a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes generating the predicted response for the vehicle as a function of a response model and according to current vehicle inputs that are control inputs associated with steering, braking, and accelerating the vehicle. The response model is a learning model that predicts behaviors of the vehicle. The method includes computing a residual indicating an extent of correlation between the predicted response and the observed response. The method includes, in response to determining the residual satisfies a crash threshold that indicates an anomaly between the predicted response and the observed response, providing an alert indicating the vehicle has likely crashed.

公开(公告)号：US20200232884A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-23

申请号：US16255406

申请日：2019-01-23

Applicant: Toyota Connected North America, Inc.

Inventor： Jeremy J. Onekea ,  Darren K. Masumori ,  Randall M. Harris

IPC: G01M17/007 ,  G01M15/10 ,  G06T7/00 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G06K9/62 ,  H04N5/445

Abstract: A vehicle certification system includes an emissions sensor configured to capture emissions data of a subject vehicle, a local computing system that includes a processor and a non-transitory computer readable memory, an imaging device communicatively coupled to the processor, a display communicatively coupled to the processor, and a machine-readable instruction set stored in the non-transitory computer readable memory that, when executed by the processor, causes the local computing system to capture image data of the subject vehicle, and a remote server that is configured to receive the emissions data captured by the emissions sensor, determine compliance with at least one emissions criterion based on the emissions data, receive the image data of the subject vehicle captured by the local computing system, and determine compliance with at least one visually verifiable inspection criterion based on the image data.

公开(公告)号：US20200073969A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-05

申请号：US16120810

申请日：2018-09-04

Applicant: Toyota Connected North America, Inc.

Inventor： Brian M. Kursar

IPC: G06F17/30 ,  G06N99/00

Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to using vehicles as mobile observation platforms and improving the querying of visual data within the vehicles by leveraging edge computing resources of the vehicles in a distributed network. In one embodiment, a method includes, in response to receiving, in a selected vehicle that is equipped with at least one camera, a visual query from a remote device, identifying search parameters from the query that specify at least visual content that is to be identified. The method includes analyzing a subset of a visual inventory to identify whether the subset includes the visual content by using at least a machine vision model executing on a processor within the selected vehicle. The visual inventory includes camera data that is acquired by the selected vehicle. The method includes communicating detection results about whether the subset includes the visual content to the remote device.