US Patent Application 17827915. VEHICLE ACTION DETERMINATION BASED ON OCCUPANT CHARACTERISTICS simplified abstract

VEHICLE ACTION DETERMINATION BASED ON OCCUPANT CHARACTERISTICS

Organization Name

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor(s)

Simon P. Roberts of Celina TX (US)

Sergei I. Gage of Dallas TX (US)

Yang Ding of Montreal (CA)

Christopher J. Macpherson of Plano TX (US)

Michael R. Kushnerik of The Colony TX (US)

Naohiro J. Matsumura of Dallas TX (US)

Cory M. Frank of Frisco TX (US)

Jessica May of Danbury TX (US)

Matthew J. Everett of Norton Shores MI (US)

VEHICLE ACTION DETERMINATION BASED ON OCCUPANT CHARACTERISTICS - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 17827915 titled 'VEHICLE ACTION DETERMINATION BASED ON OCCUPANT CHARACTERISTICS

Simplified Explanation

The patent application describes a system for a vehicle to determine the safety level of picking up potential passengers based on their location on the road.

• The vehicle detects the location of a first potential passenger near a road.
• It determines the safety level of picking up the first potential passenger.
• If the determined safety level is below a certain threshold, the vehicle denies the pick-up for the first potential passenger.
• The vehicle then determines the safety level of picking up a second potential passenger.
• If the safety level for the second potential passenger is above the threshold, the vehicle picks them up.

Original Abstract Submitted

An example operation includes detecting, by a vehicle, a location of a first potential passenger proximate to a road; determining, by the vehicle, a first road safety level of a pick-up for the first potential passenger; denying, by the vehicle, the pick-up for the first potential passenger when the determined first road safety level is below a threshold; determining, by the vehicle, a second road safety level of a pick-up for a second potential passenger; and picking up, by the vehicle, the second potential passenger, when the second road safety level is above the threshold.