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Patent No.:

US 12441231 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 22, 2023

Systems and methods for extending sensor and lighting coverage between vehicles

Applicant:

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

Inventor:

Shaurya Panthri, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Assignees:

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

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;

Attorneys:

Christopher G. Darrow

Darrow Mustafa PC

Primary Examiner:

Abby Lin

Assistant Examiner:

Danielle M Jackson

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/08 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); B60W 30/06 (2006.01); B60W 30/165 (2020.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/085 (2013.01); B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); B60W 30/06 (2013.01); B60W 30/165 (2013.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02); B60Q 2300/20 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/312 (2013.01); B60W 2554/404 (2020.02); B60W 2555/20 (2020.02);
Abstract

System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving the sensing and lighting coverage of a first vehicle using a second vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes determining at least one of a sensor coverage and a lighting coverage of a first vehicle and a second vehicle. The method further includes controlling the second vehicle to park in a position that maximizes the at least one of the sensor coverage and the lighting coverage between the first vehicle and the second vehicle while the first vehicle is stationary. Moreover, the method includes activating at least one of sensors and lighting mechanisms of the first vehicle and the second vehicle.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Panthri, Shaurya. (2025). Systems and methods for extending sensor and lighting coverage between vehicles (U.S. Patent No. 12441231). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12441231

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