Sensing interactions with unpermitted components within a vehicle

US11807257B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• TOYOTA CONNECTED NORTH AMERICA, INC. · US
• TOYOTA MOTOR 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 7, 2023
• Expiry date: Jul 15, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60W2540/223
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to sensing interactions of a passenger with components within a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes acquiring, from a radar of a vehicle, radar data about a passenger cabin of the 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 that a passenger satisfies a threshold in relation to an unpermitted action, generating a response that counters the unpermitted action.