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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2020
Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Simon A. I. Stent, Cambridge, MA (US);
TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., Los Altos, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for driver dazzle detection for a subject vehicle, may include: using a plurality of sensors to gather data regarding driver characteristics and light source characteristics in an environment of the subject vehicle; evaluating sensor data from the plurality of sensors received to determine at least one of a driver characteristic and a light source characteristic; determining a level of dazzling of a driver of the vehicle based on the determined at least one of a driver characteristic and a light source characteristic; and engaging remedial action based on the determined level of dazzle of the driver of the vehicle, wherein the remedial action comprises at least one of switching a control of the vehicle from a manual drive mode to an autonomous drive mode and engaging an ADAS feature if it is detected that the determine level of dazzling is above a dazzling threshold.