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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2024
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Benjamin Piya Austin, Saline, MI (US);
Rohit Gupta, Santa Clara, CA (US);
William Patrick Garrett, Plymouth, MI (US);
Rebecca L Kirschweng, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Philip J Babian, Canton, MI (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving the safety of pedestrians at a road crossing. In one embodiment, a method includes acquiring sensor data about a pedestrian and a vehicle in surroundings of a road crossing. The method further includes identifying an intention to cross the road crossing of the pedestrian and a driving behavior of the vehicle. The method additionally includes determining a safety condition for the pedestrian to cross the road crossing based, at least in part, on the driving behavior. Moreover, the method includes controlling at least one lighting mechanism of the road crossing according to the safety condition.