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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021

Filed:

Jul. 31, 2019
Applicant:

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);

Inventor:

Chase C. Violetta, Milan, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3461 (2013.01); G01C 21/3484 (2013.01); G01C 21/3691 (2013.01);
Abstract

System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to selecting a route for a vehicle to travel. In one embodiment, the routing system determines a travel route for a vehicle by obtaining usage data for one or more segments of travel, the usage data indicating at least an amount of sensor cleaning fluid used during travel of the vehicle along the one or more segments. The routing system determines a plurality of routes to a destination, and selects a route from among the plurality of routes, the route being selected based at least in part on the usage data.


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