Identifying smoke within a vehicle and generating a response thereto

US11488461B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignees

• TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. · US
• TOYOTA CONNECTED NORTH AMERICA, INC. · US

Inventors

• Simon P. Roberts · Rhea Mills, US
• Yang Ding · Montréal, CA
• Daniel Warren Reaser · Fillmore Street, US
• Christopher J. Macpherson · Plano, US
• Keaton Khonsari · Plano, US
• Derek A. Thompson · El Segundo, US
• Sergei I. Gage · Redford, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 7, 2021
• Grant date: Nov 1, 2022
• Expiry date: Jun 7, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01S13/931
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving the safety of a vehicle in relation to occurrences of smoke and fire. In one embodiment, a method includes acquiring, from a radar of a subject vehicle, radar data about a passenger cabin of the subject vehicle. The method includes determining a current state of the passenger cabin according to the radar data. The method includes, responsive to identifying that the current state indicates smoke is present within the passenger cabin, controlling the subject vehicle to generate a response to the smoke.