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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2024
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Yashar Zeiynali Farid, San Jose, CA (US);
Emrah Akin Sisbot, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Divya Sai Toopran, San Jose, CA (US);
Kentaro Oguchi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A system for estimating a lane-level traffic jam is provided. The system includes one or more processors programmed to obtain information on lane changes of the vehicles in a road section including a traffic jam section, the road section including a plurality of lanes; collect driving data of the vehicles after the lane changes; estimate lane-level traffic jam distribution of the plurality of lanes based on the information on the lane changes and the driving data; and transmit the lane-level traffic jam distribution to vehicles approaching the traffic jam section.