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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
May. 26, 2022
Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Totte Harri Harinen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Rumen Iliev, Milbrae, CA (US);
Shabnam Hakimi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Alexandre Leo Stephen Filipowicz, Mountain View, CA (US);
Emily Sarah Sumner, Mountain View, CA (US);
TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., Los Altos, CA (US);
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A method for calculating generalized utilities and choice predictions is described. The method includes identifying an individual's choice a user desires to predict and relevant parameters influencing the individual's choice. The method also includes manually selecting between different function forms and parameter estimates for an expected generalized utility (EGU) model if a choice data is unavailable. The method further includes providing a machine learning (ML)-based recommendation for the function forms and parameter estimates if the choice data is available. The method also includes displaying a predicted choice as well as a confidence interval associated with the predicted choice estimated using the EGU model.