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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2019
Toyota Connected North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Toshikazu Tanaka, Allen, TX (US);
Brian M. Kursar, Fairview, TX (US);
Akshata Dundi Mohan, Addison, TX (US);
Nimish Kumar Amlathe, Plano, TX (US);
Raja Shekar Kilaru, Addison, TX (US);
Christian Gilles Claudel, Austin, TX (US);
Toyota Connected North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to determining a location of a vehicle within a structure. In one embodiment, a method includes collecting, from at least one sensor in the vehicle, sensor data that indicates information associated with control of the vehicle in the structure. The method includes classifying gradients along a path of the vehicle through the structure according to the sensor data. The method includes identifying traversed levels of the structure along the path according to the gradients. The method includes providing the location including at least an indicator of the traversed levels as an electronic output.