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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2023
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Benjamin Piya Austin, Saline, MI (US);
Rohit Gupta, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Rebecca L Kirschweng, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Stuart Parson, Tokyo, JP;
Stephanie Seohyun Park, Tokyo, JP;
Yukiyo Nozawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yen Yu Chen, Tokyo, JP;
Ryusuke Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
Uyakhan-Egshig Molomjamts, Tokyo, JP;
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to providing navigational guidance to a pedestrian on infrastructure elements or vehicles in the vicinity of the pedestrian based on the pedestrian being identified as unfamiliar with an environment. In one embodiment, a method includes determining that a pedestrian is in an unfamiliar area based on sensor data that characterizes the pedestrian. The method also includes acquiring a navigational instruction presented on a user device of the pedestrian. The method further includes presenting navigational assistance on an electronic display in a vicinity of the pedestrian responsive to an indication that the pedestrian is in the unfamiliar area. The navigational assistance is based on the navigational instruction.