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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 07, 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 Motor North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Toyota Connected 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 automatically control operation of the radar sensor to perform at least one radar scan of at least a portion of an interior of the vehicle. The sensor control module is also configured to determine, using information acquired by the at least one radar scan of the vehicle interior, at least one characteristic of a child car seat positioned in the interior. The sensor control module is also configured to compare the at least one determined characteristic of the child car seat with child car seat comparison information and, responsive to the comparison of the at least one determined characteristic with the child car seat comparison information, control an operation of the vehicle.