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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
May. 11, 2022
Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Joshua Batie, Frisco, TX (US);
Imad Zahid, Carrollton, TX (US);
Sivasubramanian Sivalingam, Plano, TX (US);
Steve Basra, Frisco, TX (US);
Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method includes receiving, by a processor, a current location of a vehicle, a destination location, and a routing plan having a routing factor and a reward arrangement, planning, by the processor, a planned route from the current location to the destination location based on the routing factor of the routing plan, providing a direction to travel from the current location to the destination location via the planned route, determining a level of adherence based on a comparison of the planned route and an actual route on which the vehicle actually travels, and providing a reward based on the level of adherence and the reward arrangement.