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Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025

Filed:

Jan. 23, 2023
Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;

Inventors:

Manuel Ludwig Kuehner, Mountain View, CA (US);

Hiroshi Yasuda, San Francisco, CA (US);

Andrea Lazcano, Brussels, BE;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60J 1/08 (2006.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/0013 (2020.02); B60J 1/08 (2013.01); B60W 2040/0881 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for increasing the privacy of occupants of a vehicle are disclosed. In one example, a system includes a processor and a memory that has a privacy module with instructions. The instructions cause the processor to determine a first vehicle viewing area of a first vehicle and a second vehicle viewing area of a second vehicle. In response to determining when the first vehicle viewing area at least partially overlaps the second vehicle viewing area, the instructions cause the processor to send a control signal to control a longitudinal position of the first vehicle and/or the second vehicle such that the first vehicle viewing area does not overlap the second vehicle viewing area.


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