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Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2023

Filed:

May. 11, 2020
Applicant:

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

Inventor:

Geoffrey D. Gaither, Brighton, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3469 (2013.01); B60W 60/0011 (2020.02); B60W 60/0023 (2020.02); B60W 60/0025 (2020.02);
Abstract

Methods, systems, devices and apparatuses for an infrastructure planning tool. The infrastructure planning tool includes a navigation unit. The navigation unit is configured to determine a location of a vehicle. The infrastructure planning tool includes a processor. The processor is configured to determine a route within an off-road real property to traverse by the vehicle using the location of the vehicle over a period of time. The processor is configured to determine or estimate an amount of energy used by the vehicle to traverse the route. The processor is configured to determine a location along the route to place critical based on the amount of energy used. The processor is configured to render, on a display, a graphical representation that includes the route, the off-road real property and the location along the route to place the critical infrastructure.


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