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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025
Filed:
May. 30, 2022
Toyota Connected North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Simon P. Roberts, Celina, TX (US);
Sergei I. Gage, Dallas, TX (US);
Yang Ding, Montreal, CA;
Christopher J. Macpherson, Plano, TX (US);
Michael R. Kushnerik, The Colony, TX (US);
Naohiro J. Matsumura, Dallas, TX (US);
Cory M. Frank, Frisco, TX (US);
Jessica May, Danbury, TX (US);
Matthew J. Everett, Norton Shores, MI (US);
TOYOTA CONNECTED NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US);
TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US);
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
An example operation includes detecting, by a vehicle, a location of a first potential passenger proximate to a road; determining, by the vehicle, a first road safety level of a pick-up for the first potential passenger; denying, by the vehicle, the pick-up for the first potential passenger when the determined first road safety level is below a threshold; determining, by the vehicle, a second road safety level of a pick-up for a second potential passenger; and picking up, by the vehicle, the second potential passenger, when the second road safety level is above the threshold.