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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:
Feb. 25, 2025

Filed:

May. 30, 2022
Applicants:

Toyota Connected North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);

Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);

Inventors:

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);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/0098 (2013.01); G06Q 10/02 (2013.01); B60W 2540/041 (2020.02);
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.


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