TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. (20250065926). VEHICLE SAFETY OPERATION MANAGER FOR DRIVER ASSISTANCE FUNCTIONS

VEHICLE SAFETY OPERATION MANAGER FOR DRIVER ASSISTANCE FUNCTIONS

Organization Name

TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.

Inventor(s)

Yiting Liu of Los Altos CA (US)

Hirofumi Yamamoto of Los Altos CA (US)

Chen Bao of Los Altos CA (US)

Thomas Johnston of Los Altos CA (US)

Kazunori Nimura of Los Altos CA (US)

VEHICLE SAFETY OPERATION MANAGER FOR DRIVER ASSISTANCE FUNCTIONS

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250065926 titled 'VEHICLE SAFETY OPERATION MANAGER FOR DRIVER ASSISTANCE FUNCTIONS

Original Abstract Submitted

a method for managing operation of a vehicle includes detecting, while the vehicle is operating, an assistance condition that triggers activation of one or more assistance components of a set of assistance components associated with a driver assistance system, the vehicle having been retrofitted to include an autonomous driving system. the method also includes determining whether the autonomous driving system satisfies a respective safety condition associated with each of the one or more assistance components without activation of the one or more assistance components. the method further includes preventing the one or more assistance components from activating in accordance with determining the autonomous driving system satisfies the safety condition.