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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2023
Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Yan Ming Goh, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Phung Xuan Nguyen, Mountain View, CA (US);
Hanh Nguyen, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Izumi Karino, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
James A. Dallas, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael Thompson, San Juan Capistrano, CA (US);
Minoru Brandon Araki, Saratoga, CA (US);
TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., Los Altos, CA (US);
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
Systems and methods provide for corrective assistance to maintain a stable controllable drift, while permitting a drift driving experience for the driver. Examples of the systems and methods disclosed herein include receiving first data corresponding to a current operational state of a vehicle while performing a controllable drift; receiving a request to operate the vehicle in a requested operational state; determining that the requested operational state exceeds a threshold operational state associated with an uncontrollable drift; and, in response to the determination, providing corrective assistance to operate the vehicle in a corrective operational state to prevent the vehicle from entering an uncontrollable drift.