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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2021
Applicant:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventor:
Coh L. Yoshizaki, Wixom, MI (US);
Assignee:
TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 5/00 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); B60D 1/58 (2006.01); B60Q 1/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 5/006 (2013.01); B60Q 1/525 (2013.01); B60Q 9/008 (2013.01); B60D 1/58 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hitch cross path alert system for a vehicle is presented. A first sensor may detect whether a hitch is connected to a hitch receiver connected to the vehicle. A second sensor may identify a pedestrian in proximity to the vehicle. A processor may be configured to predict a path of the pedestrian based on data captured by the second sensor and to cause the vehicle to output an audio or visual warning to the pedestrian.