Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.

Allison McGowan

Geoffrey David Gaither

Nathan C Westover

An assessment method for a vehicle part includes an identifying feature of the vehicle part with a visual detector. The assessment method includes identifying the vehicle part with a processing unit based on the identifying feature. The assessment method includes detecting a visual quality of the vehicle part with the visual detector. The assessment method includes calculating a present value of the vehicle part with the processing unit. The step of calculating the present value is based at least in part on the visual quality. The assessment method includes determining a recommended use of the vehicle part with the processing unit. The step of determining the recommended use is based on the present value.

Vehicle assessment systems and methods

Vehicle systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products to enhance the situational competency and/or the safe operation of a vehicle by automatically controlling the vehicle in response to a biometric attribute analysis of one or more objects detected within a predetermined threshold distance of the vehicle.

Object detection system for a vehicle

Vehicle systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products to enhance the situational competency and/or the safe operation of a vehicle by automatically controlling the vehicle in response to executing measurable attribute data analysis that includes a comparison of the relative height of a detected road infrastructure element with a predetermined threshold height value.

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