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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2022
Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Jaime S. Camhi, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Manuel Ludwig Kuehner, Mountain View, CA (US);
Hiroshi Yasuda, San Francisco, CA (US);
TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., Los Altos, CA (US);
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
The disclosure generally relates to methods for assisting a driver of a vehicle that include monitoring the driver's actions, during a first portion of time that starts when the driver begins to engage in a surveillance type action and ends when the driver ends the surveillance type action, activating one or more feedback devices, when the driver engages in a surveillance type action, monitoring the driver's actions during a second portion of time that beings when the driver ends the surveillance type action, and ends when the driver begins the surveillance type action, and activating one or more feedback devices, during the second portion of time when the driver engages in a driving maneuver and fails to engage in the surveillance type action.