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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2018
Applicant:
Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Hiromitsu Urano, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kentaro Ichikawa, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Junya Ueno, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., Los Altos, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60W 10/30 (2006.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00742 (2013.01); B60H 1/00778 (2013.01); B60H 1/00971 (2013.01); B60W 10/30 (2013.01); G06V 20/593 (2022.01); G06V 40/103 (2022.01); B60W 2540/043 (2020.02);
Abstract
A method for controlling a comfort component of a vehicle is presented. The method includes determining that the vehicle has arrived at a destination. The method also includes determining that the comfort component is activated. The method further includes deactivating the comfort component in response to determining that the comfort component is activated and the vehicle has arrived at the destination.