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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2020
Applicant:
Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventor:
Gagandeep Singh Saini, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/065 (2006.01); G08G 1/0968 (2006.01); G08G 1/0967 (2006.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/065 (2013.01); G08G 1/096775 (2013.01); G08G 1/096877 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for determining a level of congestion and notifying a user of increased wait times are provided. The system includes an electronic control unit configured to determine a number of vehicles at or within a threshold distance of an establishment, determine that the establishment is a destination of a vehicle, and provide a notification in response to determining the number of vehicles at or within the threshold distance of the establishment exceeds a predetermined threshold and determining the establishment is the destination of the vehicle.