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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2023
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Manuel Ludwig Kuehner, Mountain View, CA (US);
Hiroshi Yasuda, San Francisco, CA (US);
Andrea Michelle Rios Lazcano, Brussels, BE;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60W 30/16 (2020.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 30/16 (2013.01); B60W 60/0013 (2020.02); B60W 2720/106 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided to notify an operator of an active and correctly operating driving automation system. More specifically, the notification is executed through modulation of longitudinal vehicle dynamics based on cruising speed or following distance to a leading vehicle.