Toyota Motor North America, Inc.

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Toyota Connected North America, Inc.

Imad Zahid

David M Goemer

Yuho Kozu

Lizbeth Jurado

Lou Pope

Evan A Vijithakumara

Joshua C Batie

Louis Brugman

Roger Akira Kyle

Anil Nagpal

Timothy Wang

Shravanthi Denthumdas

Justin K Shen

Gunnar Heinisch

Michael D Dorazio

Nikhil Rajendra

Jiju Thomas

Tyler Brown

Jordan Frank

Livesey N George

Nick Anthony Megariotis

Indhar C Gopalakrishnan

William J Elmore

Reshma Thomas

Daisuke Muramoto

Preeya Samudrala

Sumit K Jha

Mark Anthony Mcclung

An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a vehicle, data preferences of one or more occupants in the vehicle, sending, by the vehicle, data to the one of more occupants, based on the determining, determining a reaction of the one or more occupants, responsive to the data being sent, and validating the data preferences of the one or more occupants, based on the determined reaction.

Vehicle occupant preference-based data delivery

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

Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for displaying a virtual space are provided. The system for displaying a virtual space includes a graphical user interface and a controller. The controller is programmed to receive user information from a user profile, wherein the user information comprises a user location, a user design preference, and at least one user metric. The controller is also programmed to determine display conditions based on the user information, determine user accessibility to virtual features based on the at least one user metric, and display the virtual space including the virtual features on the graphical user interface based on the display conditions and the user accessibility. The virtual space is displayed as a virtual 3D rendered image.

Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer- readable mediums for displaying a virtual space using user information

Systems and methods for generating and displaying virtual vehicle manufacturing environments are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of presenting a virtual manufacturing environment includes receiving a vehicle identification number of a vehicle being manufactured, receiving one or more parts assigned to the vehicle, determining a stage of manufacturing for the vehicle based at least in part on the one or more parts, generating a virtual representation of the vehicle in a virtual manufacturing environment, and preparing for display the virtual representation of the vehicle and the virtual manufacturing environment.

Systems and methods for generating and displaying virtual manufacturing environments

An example operation includes one or more of monitoring, via a vehicle, a behavior of an occupant of the vehicle, responsive to the behavior being above a threshold, generating via an application of the vehicle, a first suggested action intended for the occupant based on the behavior and an amount the behavior is above the threshold, monitoring, by the vehicle, whether the first suggested action is being performed by the occupant, determining an alternate action is being performed by the occupant, generating a second suggested action based on the alternate action and the first suggested action, and providing a value to an occupant device associated with the occupant responsive to the second action being detected by the transport.

Vehicle occupant behavior monitoring application

An example operation includes one or more of: determining an operating behavior of a first vehicle that is not part of a connected vehicle system from a device communicatively coupled to the first vehicle, wherein the device is configured to operate with the connected vehicle system; determining that the operating behavior is not associated with a second vehicle that is part of the connected vehicle system; and initiating the operating behavior in the second vehicle when the device is communicatively coupled to the second vehicle.

Initiating operating behavior between vehicles

A method and system for facilitating a vehicle transaction are provided. The method includes receiving a vehicle listing from a seller device identifying a seller vehicle to be sold, identifying market trends based on previous vehicle transactions related to the seller vehicle, and causing one or more seller suggestions to be displayed on the seller device identifying one or more modifications to the seller vehicle which, if satisfied, would increase a probability that the seller vehicle will be matched to a buyer request received from a buyer device.

Vehicle sale systems and methods for offering dealer services to vehicle seller and vehicle buyer

A retractable sanitizing apparatus for a vehicle including a return station, a sanitizing mechanism positionable between a first sanitizing position, a second sanitizing position, and a stowed position, the sanitizing mechanism positioned at the return station when in the stowed position, and a linkage member connecting the sanitizing mechanism to the return station and positioning the sanitizing mechanism between the first sanitizing position and the second sanitizing position, wherein the sanitizing mechanism sanitizes a surface of the vehicle as the sanitizing mechanism moves from the first sanitizing position to the second sanitizing position and across the surface of the vehicle.

Retractable sanitizing apparatuses for traversing and sanitizing surfaces of a vehicle

A system for dislodging debris from one or more surfaces includes an air inlet, an air outlet fluidly coupled with the air inlet, an air jet forming a trainable air stream between the air inlet and the air outlet, and a vibration device comprising a vibration controller, and one or more vibrators. The vibration device creates vibrations such that debris on the one or more surfaces is dislodged such that debris is captured in the trainable air stream, and the air stream carries the dislodged debris to the air outlet.

Systems for expelling debris

A rotatable surface apparatus for a vehicle includes a frame including a contact surface, a cover having at least a first surface portion and a second surface portion, a rotating mechanism rotating the cover to selectively position not more than one of the first surface portion and the second surface portion over the contact surface of the frame simultaneously, and a sanitizing mechanism sanitizing the first surface portion and the second surface portion of the cover when positioned within a predetermined proximity of the sanitizing mechanism.

Rotatable surface apparatuses for sanitizing an unused surface of a vehicle

Vehicle grab handle assemblies and methods of using the same. A vehicle grab handle assembly may have a grab handle. The grab handle may have a proximal end flush with an exterior surface of a headliner of the vehicle in a retracted position. The exterior surface may face away from a roof of the vehicle. Alternately, the proximal end may be between the exterior surface and the roof in the retracted position. The proximal end may extend out of the exterior surface and away from the roof in an extended position. The vehicle grab handle assembly may have a retraction-extension mechanism. The retraction-extension mechanism may be capable of traversing the grab handle between the retracted position and the extended position.

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Carrollton, TX, United States of America

Imad Zahid