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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:
Nov. 07, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 07, 2021
Applicants:

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

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

Inventors:

Simon P. Roberts, Celina, TX (US);

Yang Ding, Montreal, CA;

Daniel W. Reaser, Oak Point, TX (US);

Christopher J. Macpherson, Plano, TX (US);

Keaton Khonsari, Dallas, TX (US);

Derek A. Thompson, Dallas, TX (US);

Sergei I. Gage, Redford, MI (US);

Assignees:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/12 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); G01S 13/88 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/12 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G01S 13/88 (2013.01); B60W 2420/52 (2013.01); B60W 2540/01 (2020.02); B60W 2540/223 (2020.02);
Abstract

Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to sensing interactions of a passenger with components within a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes acquiring, from a radar of a vehicle, radar data about a passenger cabin of the vehicle. The method includes determining a current state of the passenger cabin according to the radar data. The method includes, responsive to identifying that the current state indicates that a passenger satisfies a threshold in relation to an unpermitted action, generating a response that counters the unpermitted action.


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