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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:
Aug. 20, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 08, 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:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 22/00 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); B60R 21/015 (2006.01); B60R 22/32 (2006.01); B60R 21/00 (2006.01); B60R 21/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/01512 (2014.10); B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); B60R 21/01554 (2014.10); B60R 21/01556 (2014.10); B60R 22/322 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0016 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0027 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0032 (2013.01); B60R 2021/01088 (2013.01); B60Y 2400/3019 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to sensing ingress of water in 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 an ingress of water into the passenger cabin, generating a response to the ingress of the water.


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