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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2019
Applicant:
Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventor:
Livesey George, Allen, TX (US);
Assignee:
TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/36 (2006.01); B62D 25/20 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B62D 63/04 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3694 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B62D 25/209 (2013.01); B62D 63/04 (2013.01); G01C 21/3697 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for providing wind alerts to a driver includes detecting, with one or more towable item sensors, that a towable item has been coupled to a hitch of a vehicle, detecting a wind condition with one or more wind sensors in response to detecting that the towable item has been coupled to the hitch, and outputting, with one or more output devices, an alert indicative of a high wind scenario when the wind condition is above a wind threshold.