Toyota Research Institute, Inc.

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Yue Weng

Charlene C Wu

Yanxia Zhang

Kent Lyons

Matthew L Lee

Rumen Iliev

Shabnam Hakimi

David Ayman Shamma

Nikos Arechiga

Emily Sarah Sumner

Jonathan A DeCastro

Candice Hogan

A method implemented by a processor of a device, the method including determining one or more user values, determining a prompt requiring a decision, and receiving a user selection to one or more choice options related to the one or more user values and pertaining to the prompt requiring a decision. The method further includes comparing the user selection to a risk-neutral utility function and assessing a risk of a potential decision based on the comparison.

Systems and methods for assessing risk of potential decisions

Systems and methods for selecting a channel of communication based on a type of thinking employed by a user for a task are disclosed. The systems and methods include determining that a user is employing System 1 type thinking or System 2 type thinking for the task based on one or more properties of the task, one or more properties of the user, and a state of the user based on physiological response data from one or more physiological sensors monitoring the user, and implementing a channel of communication to utilize for the task that corresponds to a determined type of thinking the user is employing for the task.

Systems and methods for selectively communicating to a user via a system 1 or system 2 channel

A method for legitimate remote co-worker encounters is described. The method includes scheduling a virtual walkabout of a user in a remote environment. The method also includes identifying a remote co-worker in the remote environment to facilitate an interaction with during the virtual walkabout of the user. The method further includes outputting a notification in response to identifying the remote co-worker in the remote environment. The method also includes interfacing the user with the remote co-worker to facilitate the interaction with the remote co-worker during the virtual walkabout of the user.

System and method for legitimate co-worker remote encounter interactions

In accordance with one embodiment, a system includes a processor, a memory module communicatively coupled to the processor, an NLP module communicatively coupled to the processor, and a set of machine-readable instructions stored in the memory module. The machine-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, direct the processor to perform operations including receiving a text data, and receiving a training text data for training one or more models of the NLP module. The operations also include generating, with a novice model of the NLP module, a novice suggestion based on the text data and the training text data to present an idea related to the text data, generating, with an expert model of the NLP module, an expert suggestion based on the text data and the training text data to present an idea elaborating on the text data, and outputting the novice suggestion and/or the expert suggestion.

Methods and systems for expert-novice guidance

Systems and methods for content framing monitoring and intervention are disclosed. In one example, a method includes receiving, at a computing device, first text conveying first information, performing natural language processing of the first text, determining a first framing of the first information based on the natural language processing of the first text, determining second text conveying the first information with a second framing, different from the first framing, and outputting the second text on an electronic display.

Systems and methods for content framing monitoring and intervention

Systems and methods for determining whether a user employs System 1 type thinking or System 2 type thinking when engaged in a task are disclosed. The systems and methods include determining one or more properties of the task based on information regarding the task received from a database storing information regarding the task, determining one or more properties of the user with respect to the task, determining a state of the user based on one or more physiological sensors configured to sense one or more characteristics of the user, and determining that the user employs System 1 type thinking or System 2 type thinking when engaged in the task based on the determined one or more properties of the task, the determined one or more properties of the user, and the determined state of the user.

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San Mateo, CA, United States of America

Yue Weng