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Patent No.:

US 10780821 B1

PDFFull Text
Expired
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020

Filed:

Jan. 09, 2018

System for alerting a vehicle occupant to a ground surface condition adjacent a vehicle door

Applicant:

Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);

Inventors:

Nikolaos Michalakis, Saratoga, CA (US);

Julian M. Mason, Redwood City, CA (US);

Assignee:

Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);

Attorneys:

Christopher G. Darrow

Darrow Mustafa PC

Primary Examiner:

Abby Y Lin

Assistant Examiner:

Renee LaRose

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); E05B 81/16 (2014.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); E05B 81/64 (2014.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/50 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60Q 1/503 (2013.01); B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); E05B 81/16 (2013.01); E05B 81/64 (2013.01); G06K 9/00791 (2013.01); B60K 2370/16 (2019.05); B60K 2370/178 (2019.05);
Abstract

A computing system for a vehicle includes one or more processors for controlling operation of the computing system, and a memory for storing data and program instructions usable by the one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to process sensor information to determine a condition of a portion of a ground surface adjacent at least one door opening of the vehicle, and to control an operation of the vehicle responsive to the condition of the portion of the ground surface adjacent the at least one door opening of the vehicle.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Michalakis, Nikolaos. (2020). System for alerting a vehicle occupant to a ground surface condition adjacent a vehicle door (U.S. Patent No. 10780821). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10780821

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