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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:
Apr. 08, 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 ...
G08B 21/00 (2006.01); B60N 2/00 (2006.01); G01S 13/89 (2006.01); B60R 25/31 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/002 (2013.01); G01S 13/89 (2013.01); B60R 25/31 (2013.01);
Abstract

An example operation includes one or more of receiving a scan of a cabin of a vehicle, wherein the scan includes a spatial region inside the vehicle and outside the vehicle proximate at least one vehicle door, determining at least one occupant characteristic based on the scan, including a classification detection and a presence detection of at least one seat inside the vehicle, determining a cabin status based on the at least one occupant characteristic and communicating the cabin status to a mobile device.


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