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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2023
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Shoji Sakamoto, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Kazumi Tsuchiya, Gotemba, JP;
Makoto Matsushita, Ichinomiya, JP;
Takeshi Takemoto, Nagoya, JP;
Shunsuke Sagara, Nisshin, JP;
Hideaki Shiraishi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60S 1/48 (2006.01); B60S 1/56 (2006.01); B60W 40/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/001 (2020.02); B60S 1/485 (2013.01); B60S 1/56 (2013.01); B60W 40/02 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2555/20 (2020.02); B60W 2556/50 (2020.02);
Abstract
The vehicle includes a weather information acquisition unit that acquires weather information from a global precipitation satellite, and an autonomous driving control unit that causes the vehicle to travel at a point equal to or larger than a predetermined precipitation amount acquired from the weather information.