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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2025
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Yashar Zeiynali Farid, San Jose, CA (US);
Maryam Khabazi, Mountain View, CA (US);
Lu Xu, Canton, MI (US);
Chunghan Lee, Mountain View, CA (US);
Emrah Akin Sisbot, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Yusuke Takeuchi, Cupertino, CA (US);
Kentaro Oguchi, Mountain View, CA (US);
TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US);
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for detecting lane changes are provided. An example method may comprise: (1) determining an individual motion profile for a first vehicle as the first vehicle traverses a road segment; (2) based on a comparison between the individual motion profile for the first vehicle and a historical collective motion profile for the road segment, determining the first vehicle changed lanes while traversing the road segment; and (3) responsive to determining the first vehicle changed lanes while traversing the road segment, at least one of: (a) controlling at least one of the first vehicle or a second vehicle traversing the road segment based on the determined lane change of the first vehicle, or (b) updating a lane-level traffic map for the road segment based on the determined lane change of the first vehicle.