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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2024
Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Thomas M. Balch, Damariscotta, ME (US);
Emily Sarah Sumner, Cambridge, MA (US);
Guy Rosman, Cambridge, MA (US);
Jonathan A Decastro, Arlington, MA (US);
Deepak Edakkattil Gopinath, Washington, DC (US);
Andrew Michael Silva, Cambridge, MA (US);
Xiongyi Cui, Somerville, MA (US);
Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
Systems and methods for enhancing instructions provided by a vehicular virtual assistant are disclosed herein. One embodiment of a virtual assistant enhancement system includes a plurality of markers installed in a vehicle in a corresponding plurality of different locations. The system activates, via a generative artificial intelligence (AI)-based virtual assistant of the vehicle, one or more of the plurality of electronic markers. The system also refers to the one or more activated electronic markers in instructions communicated to a user by the generative AI-based virtual assistant to assist the user in performing a task pertaining to the vehicle.