Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Toyota Research Institute, Inc.

Jean Marcel Dos Reis Costa

Hiroshi Yasuda

A method for adjusting a direction of focus for a driver includes identifying a first direction of focus, of the driver of a vehicle, at a first time period in accordance with monitoring one or both of a gaze direction of the driver or a head pose of the driver. The method further includes generating audio from one or more speakers of a set of speakers located within a cabin of the vehicle based on identifying the first direction of focus, a spatial location of the audio corresponding to an expected direction of focus. The method also includes terminating the audio signal in accordance with a second direction of focus, at a second time period, being within a range of the expected direction of focus, the second direction of focus being determined based on the monitoring of one or both of the gaze direction or the head pose.

Directing a drivers gaze based on directional audio

Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to training a vehicle driver based on in-cabin or external light triggers. In one embodiment, a system includes a processor and a memory storing machine-readable instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to monitor a vehicle location along a roadway. A map of the roadway indicates a target location for a driving maneuver to be performed. When the vehicle location is within a threshold distance from a target location on the map, the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to control a vehicle light based on a vehicle light setting associated with the driving maneuver.

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Jean Marcel Dos Reis Costa