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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2019
Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for roadway obstruction detection are disclosed herein. One embodiment receives information pertaining to a potential roadway obstruction; determines that additional information regarding the potential roadway obstruction is needed to identify the potential roadway obstruction; selects one or more vehicles from a plurality of vehicles based, at least in part, on their proximity to the potential roadway obstruction and their sensor capabilities; and determines that the potential roadway obstruction is a specific type of roadway obstruction based, at least in part, on additional information regarding the potential roadway obstruction received from at least one of the selected one or more vehicles.