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Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 14, 2019
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Christian Freese, Plano, TX (US);

Seyhan Ucar, Plano, TX (US);

Equan Tompkins, Aubrey, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3415 (2013.01); G01C 21/3484 (2013.01); G01C 21/3492 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for vehicle re-routing context determination for a subject vehicle, including: tracking movement of the subject vehicle as the subject vehicle is following a planned route; determining whether a deviation of the subject vehicle from the planned route indicates a user-initiated re-routing of the subject vehicle from the planned route; gathering data from a plurality of sources indicating a route condition leading to the user-initiated re-routing; analyzing the gathered data to determine a reason for the user-initiated re-routing; and based on the reason, determining whether to reroute other vehicles to avoid the reason for the user-initiated re-routing.


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