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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2024
Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Everlyne N. Kimani, Mountain View, CA (US);
TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., Los Altos, CA (US);
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKA KAISHA, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A method for regulating an affective state of a driver includes transmitting, to a remote monitoring system, vital sign data of the driver in accordance with monitoring one or more vital signs of the driver. The method also includes receiving, from the remote monitoring system, haptic feedback data in accordance with a vital sign, of the one or more vital signs, satisfying a stimulation condition, the haptic feedback data indicating a vital sign pattern of a remote instructor. The method additionally includes providing haptic feedback to the driver in accordance with receiving the haptic feedback data.