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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2021
Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Hiromitsu Urano, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kentaro Ichikawa, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Junya Ueno, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., Los Altos, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for vehicle selection performed by a user equipment (UE) associated with a customer includes transmitting, from the UE to a vehicle control system, customer location information identifying a location of the customer. The method also includes receiving, from the vehicle control system based on transmitting the customer location information, vehicle location information and a set of compartment climate values associated with each vehicle of a set of vehicles within a range of the location of the customer. The method further includes outputting the current compartment climate value and a location associated with the vehicle location information of each vehicle of the set of vehicles for display at the UE. The method still further includes transmitting, to the vehicle control system, a message indicating a selection of one vehicle of the set of vehicles based on receiving a customer input at the UE, the one vehicle being selected based on one or both of the current compartment climate value of the one vehicle and the location associated with the vehicle location information of the one vehicle.