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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:
Jul. 12, 2022

Filed:

Feb. 24, 2020
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Ethan Pomish, Livonia, MI (US);

Joseph Conners, Royal Oak, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/01 (2006.01); B60W 10/30 (2006.01); B60R 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/01 (2013.01); B60W 10/30 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0016 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0027 (2013.01); B60R 2021/01286 (2013.01); B60W 2420/52 (2013.01); B60W 2710/30 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus for automatically responding to a vehicle falling into water. The system includes a sensor configured to detect sensor data indicating whether the vehicle is falling into water. The system also includes an electronic control unit (ECU) connected to the sensor. The ECU is configured to determine that the vehicle is falling into water based on the sensor data. The ECU is also configured to adjust at least one feature of the vehicle in response to the determination that the vehicle is falling into water.


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