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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2021
Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Joshua V. Marasigan, Carrollton, TX (US);
Robert D. Slater, Murphy, TX (US);
Felipe G. Salles, Garland, TX (US);
Jaya Bharath R. Goluguri, McKinney, TX (US);
TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
An example operation includes one or more of traveling, by a first transport, in a first lane, determining, by the first transport, that a speed of a second transport is greater than a speed of the first transport when the second transport is behind the first transport, determining, by the first transport, that no other transports are ahead of the first transport by a first distance in the first lane and beside the first transport by a second distance in a second lane, maneuvering, by the first transport, to the second lane allowing the second transport to pass the first transport in the first lane, and maneuvering, by the first transport, to the first lane when there are no other transports traveling in the first lane at a third distance behind the first transport and at or near the speed of the second transport.