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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2024
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Rohit Gupta, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Benjamin Piya Austin, Saline, MI (US);
Philip J. Babian, Canton, MI (US);
Joshua E. Domeyer, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Marc D. Reish, Pinckney, MI (US);
Takeshi Yoshida, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Rebecca L. Kirschweng, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
Systems and methods for externally communicating vehicular gaming status are disclosed herein. One embodiment of a gaming-status communication system detects automatically, in a connected vehicle, activation of a gaming mode of the connected vehicle in which a gaming system of the connected vehicle supports at least one of (1) electronic game playing by one or more occupants of the connected vehicle and (2) multi-vehicle networked electronic gaming involving the connected vehicle and one or more other connected vehicles. In response to detecting the activation of the gaming mode, the system activates automatically one or more external human-machine interface (HMI) indicators on the exterior of the connected vehicle to communicate, to other road users, information pertaining to the gaming mode of the connected vehicle.