Toyota Motor North America, Inc.

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.

Christopher J Risberg

Felipe G Salles

Joshua C Batie

Nutonya Lynn Parker

Jaya Bharath R Goluguri

Louis Brugman

Devang H Parekh

Robert D Slater

Shintaro Iwaasa

Sachin J Ahire

Manoj Kalamkar

Katsumi Nagata

Ryan M Wiesenberg

Eric Randell Schmidt

Roger Akira Kyle

Timothy Wang

Evan A Vijithakumara

Mathew D Gardner

James H Kikuma

Prathap Alvakonda

Nikhil Rajendra

Jiju Thomas

Jordan Frank

Imad Zahid

Yuho Kozu

David M Goemer

Michael D Dorazio

Lou Pope

Lizbeth Jurado

Daniel C Bracken

Randy Kaushek

A system for determining a sanitization status of an environment includes a plurality of sensors integrated into a surface of the environment, wherein each sensor of the plurality of sensors senses the sanitization status of the surface around the respective sensor, provides data related to the sanitization status, and provides output regarding the sanitization status, a computing device that stores logic that, when executed by the computing device causes the computing device to perform at least: receive the data related to the sanitization status from each of the plurality of sensors; determine at least one unsanitized zone on the surface from the data; and communicate data related to the at least one unsanitized zone to the plurality of sensors such that the plurality of sensors may provide the output regarding the at least one unsanitized zone.

Systems and methods for determining a sanitization status of an environment

An example operation may include one or more of monitoring, by a transport, data related to behavior of an occupant of the transport, determining, by the transport, a mode of the occupant based on the data, and adjusting, by the transport, an environment of the transport based on the mode of the occupant.

Adjustment of environment of transports

An example operation includes one or more of detecting a gesture in a transport performed by a transport occupant, determining an occupant status associated with the transport occupant, determining whether the occupant status permits the gesture to be performed, and performing an action associated with the gesture, when the occupant status permits the gesture to be performed.

Distinguishing gesture actions among transport occupants

A system and method of geofenced control of a vehicle, includes determining a geographic region within which a vehicle is operating; retrieving a geo-profile corresponding to the determined geographic region within which the vehicle is operating; and applying the retrieved geo-profile to the vehicle to alter the driving dynamics of the vehicle to conform to driving characteristics of the determined geographic region within which the vehicle is operating.

Geofenced AI controlled vehicle dynamics

An example operation may include providing a value to a transport based on sensor data associated the transport.

Vehicle data sharing with interested parties

An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a server, that a transport is inoperable on a route, instructing, by the server, an alternate transport to navigate to the transport, configuring, by the server, the alternate transport based on a configuration of the transport and routing, by the server, the configured alternate transport to an intended destination of the transport.

Automatic alternate transportation

An example operation includes one or more of detecting a gesture in a transport, responsive to the gesture being detected, identifying an action to be performed by the transport, identifying currently engaged transport operations, determining whether performing the action will exceed a threshold transport operation level based on the currently engaged transport operations, and determining whether to perform or cancel the action corresponding to the detected gesture based on whether the threshold transport operation level will be exceeded.

Determining transport operation level for gesture control

An example operation may include one or more of assigning a fractional ownership of a transport, receiving, at a server, sensor data associated with one or more of the transport and a device proximate to the transport, determining a condition of the transport, based on the sensor data, updating the fractional ownership of the transport based on the condition, and providing a responsibility based on the fractional ownership.

Transport sharing and ownership among multiple entities

An example operation may include one or more of identifying transports operating on a roadway, determining a degree of transport traffic based on the identified transports, when the degree of transport traffic has exceeded a traffic level, assigning one or more of the identified transports as a roadway manager, controlling movement of the roadway manager, and generating a roadway indicator on the roadway manager to direct the identified transports.

Traffic manager transports

An example operation may include one or more of detecting a potential event via sensors on a transport, sending data related to the potential event to other transports within a predefined distance, storing the data at the transports and a server, and performing a transport operation response on the transports.

Vehicle-to-vehicle sensor data sharing

A method for matching a vehicle with a user including receiving a user ride request for a vehicle from a plurality of available vehicles from a user, receiving a threshold vehicle risk score preference for the user, receiving a user risk score for the user, receiving a threshold user risk score preference for the plurality of available vehicles, identifying a subset of the plurality of available vehicles having a vehicle risk score at or below the threshold vehicle risk score preference of the user and a threshold user risk score preference at or above the user risk score of the user, and presenting the user with ride options for selecting one of the subset of the plurality of available vehicles of the subset of available vehicles for the user ride request.

Vehicle matching systems and methods for matching a user with a vehicle

An example operation includes one or more of detecting a movement in a transport, determining whether the movement includes a gesture definition, when the movement includes a gesture definition, identifying a gesture associated with the gesture definition, and performing an action, via the transport, corresponding to the identified gesture.

Gesture detection for transport control

An example operation may include one or more of receiving, at a server, sensor data from one or more sensors disposed on a vehicle, receiving, at the server, additional sensor data from a computing device operating inside the vehicle, determining the sensor data and the additional sensor data correspond to the vehicle's operational status, determining whether one or more of the sensor data and the additional sensor data exceed one or more thresholds, and when one or more of the sensor data and the additional sensor data exceed the one or more thresholds, providing a value to the vehicle.

An example operation includes one or more of detecting, by a server, a target transport operating in an unsafe manner, locating, the by the server, at least one autonomous transport in front of the target transport, and maneuvering the at least one autonomous transport to affect the target transport.

Control of transport en route

An example operation may include one or more of identifying, via a transport, at least one person in proximity to the transport, determining the at least one person matches one or more profile attributes of a profile of at least one transport occupant, sending a notification to a communication device in the transport to prompt the at least one transport occupant about the identified at least one person and the matched one or more profile attributes, and responsive to receiving a communication request from the communication device, transmitting a communication invite to a mobile device of the at least one person.

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Christopher J Risberg