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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2024
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Emily Lerner, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/02 (2012.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0002 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for examining a condition of a vehicle sensor may include collecting a first data point from a first sensor at a first data collection point, wherein the first sensor is configured on a vehicle, determining a location of the first data collection point, comparing the first data point to a previously collected data point from the first sensor from a second data collection point, wherein the first data collection point and the second data collection point are within a predetermined distance of one another, and determining a condition of the first sensor.