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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2024
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Jaime S. Camhi Espinoza, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Scott M. Harris, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael L. Elkins, Framingham, MA (US);
Daniel Mccue, Roseville, CA (US);
Sujeet Kashid, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to a system for controlling a vehicle through an intersection. The system includes a server-computing device, a sensing system, and an electronic control unit that has a processing device and a memory device that stores logic, when executed by the at least one processing device, causes the electronic control unit to produce a rumble strip haptic feedback at a first zone prior to the intersection, slow the vehicle down at a predetermined deceleration rate when the sensing system indicates a driver is not paying attention, autonomously navigate the intersection if the driver is determined to be paying attention in a second zone when the driver was not paying attention in the first zone, the second zone is prior to the intersection, and autonomously stop the vehicle when the driver was not paying attention in the second zone after not paying attention in the first zone.