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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2021
Toyota Connected North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
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);
Toyota Connected North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A system for controlling operation of a vehicle includes a millimeter-wave radar sensor, a processor, and a memory communicably coupled to the processor. The memory stores a sensor control module configured to control operation of the radar sensor to acquire data for determining and updating a number of occupants in the vehicle. Upon receiving a control command whose execution will result in movement of the vehicle, a pre-movement radar scan of the vehicle interior is performed. Using information acquired by the pre-movement scan, the sensor control module determines if an excessive occupant condition exists in the vehicle interior. Responsive to a determination that an excessive occupant condition exists, the sensor control module may control an operation of the vehicle other than executing the control command.