Occupant condition detection and response

US12010744B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• TOYOTA CONNECTED NORTH AMERICA, INC. · US
• TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. · US
• TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA · JP

Inventors

• Simon P. Roberts · Rhea Mills, US
• Sergei I. Gage · Redford, US
• Yang Ding · Montréal, CA
• Christopher J. Macpherson · Plano, US
• Michael R. Kushnerik · The Colony, US
• Naohiro J. Matsumura · Dallas, US
• Cory M. Frank · Frisco, US
• Jessica May · Danbury, US
• Matthew J. Everett · Norton Shores, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 15, 2022
• Grant date: Jun 11, 2024
• Expiry date: Nov 15, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60W2556/65
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An example operation includes one or more of determining a movement of an occupant in a vehicle, determining an atypical health condition based on the movement and a position of the occupant in the vehicle, determining if the occupant is breathing, based on an analysis performed by the vehicle, verifying the atypical health condition by the vehicle, based on received data from a device proximate the occupant, and sending a notification to an entity, based on the verification.