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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2024
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Hideki Hada, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed are systems, methods, and other embodiments for providing a safe path for an occupant of a vehicle to utilize after exiting the vehicle. In one example, a system includes a processor and a memory having instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine, based on vehicle sensor data, a safe path from a vehicle parked at a parking location to a destination for an occupant of the vehicle to utilize after exiting the vehicle and provide information regarding the safe path to the occupant of the vehicle.