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Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026

Filed:

Mar. 24, 2023
Applicant:

Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);

Inventors:

Anna D. Shelukha, Lewisville, TX (US);

Joshua Daniel Payne, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Aaron Douglas Miers, The Colony, TX (US);

Juan Angel Acosta Meza, The Colony, TX (US);

Assignees:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3461 (2013.01); G01C 21/365 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving vehicle control in relation to curved roadways. In one embodiment, a method includes, in response to determining a route for a vehicle that is represented using points for navigating to a destination, identifying one or more curves along the route according to proximities of the points. The method includes generating difficulty indicators for respective ones of segments that include the one or more curves. The method includes providing the difficulty indicators as the vehicle encounters the respective ones of the segments that include the one or more curves.


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Shelukha, Anna. (2026). Systems and methods for characterizing road segment difficulty (U.S. Patent No. 12663274). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12663274

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