IP Library Granted Patent US 12662146
Granted Patent B2
US 12662146 · App. 18/776,660 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Methods and systems for vehicle control with customizable commands

Inventors: Robert Heckel (Katy, TX); Mark Anthony McClung (Celina, TX); Steven S. Basra (Frisco, TX); Charan S. Lota (Frisco, TX); Benjamin R. Resnick (Plano, TX); Ryan Wheeler (Denton, TX); Lokesh Kumar Viswavarapu (Frisco, TX); Raja Shekar Kilaru (Addison, TX); Nikhil Rajendra (Plano, TX)
Assignees: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.; Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
B60W50/10B60W2510/1005B60W2510/18B60W2510/20B60W2520/105B60W2554/00B60W2555/20
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12662146
App. No.
18/776,660
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed systems and methods for customizable commands for vehicle operation include one or more command sensors configured to receive a command from a user, one or more environmental sensors configured to collect environmental information, and one or more processors. The one or more processors are operable to cause the systems to determine, based on a command database and user command profiles, whether the received command includes a high-level function of vehicle operation, in response to determining that the received command includes the high-level function, generate sequential vehicle operations based on the high-level function and the environmental information, the sequential vehicle operations including one or more fundamental functions of vehicle operation, and operate a vehicle using the sequential vehicle operations.

Claims (33)

1 . A system for customizable commands for vehicle operation comprising:

one or more command sensors configured to receive a command from a user;

one or more environmental sensors configured to collect environment information;

one or more processors configured to cause the system to:

determine, based on a command database and user command profiles, whether the received command comprises a high-level function of vehicle operation;

in response to determining that the received command comprises the high-level function, generate sequential vehicle operations based on the high-level function and the environment information, the sequential vehicle operations comprising one or more fundamental functions of vehicle operation;

generate an aggressive operation value by evaluating the sequential vehicle operations against the environment information;

determine whether the aggressive operation value is beyond an aggressive operation threshold, wherein the aggressive operation threshold is determined based on road type, road condition, weather, and traffic conditions;

in response to determining that the aggressive operation value is beyond the aggressive operation threshold, transmit a warning to the user; and

in response to determining that the aggressive operation value is less than or equal to the aggressive operation threshold, operate a vehicle using the sequential vehicle operations.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors configured to cause the system to determine, using a language understanding model (LLM), whether the received command comprises a high-level function.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors configured to cause the system to generate, using one or more neural network models, the sequential vehicle operations.

4 . The system of claim 3 , wherein the one or more neural network models comprise a generative artificial intelligent (AI) model.

5 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the generative AI model comprises a general adversarial network.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the command comprises a voice command, a text command, an image command, or a combination thereof.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more fundamental functions comprise acceleration, deceleration, braking, traffic monitoring, steering input, gear selection, lighting control, and climate control.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the environment information comprises weather conditions, wind direction and speed, road conditions, traffic conditions, obstacle information, or combinations thereof.

9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the high-level function is overtake, pass, merge, park, stop, navigate to destination, or emergency stop.

10 . A method for customizable commands of vehicle operation comprising:

determining, based on a command database and user command profiles, whether received command comprises a high-level function of vehicle operation;

in response to determining that the received command comprises the high-level function, generating sequential vehicle operations based on the high-level function and environment information generated by one or more environmental sensors, the sequential vehicle operations comprising one or more fundamental functions of vehicle operation;

generating an aggressive operation value by evaluating the sequential vehicle operations against the environment information;

determining whether the aggressive operation value is beyond an aggressive operation threshold, wherein the aggressive operation threshold is determined based on road type, road condition, weather, and traffic conditions;

in response to determining that the aggressive operation value is beyond the aggressive operation threshold, transmitting a warning to the user; and

in response to determining that the aggressive operation value is less than or equal to the aggressive operation threshold, operating a vehicle using the sequential vehicle operations.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the method further comprises determining, using a language understanding model (LLM), whether the received command comprises a high-level function.

12 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the method further comprises generating, using one or more neural network models, the sequential vehicle operations.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the one or more neural network models comprise a generative artificial intelligent (AI) model.

14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the generative AI model comprises a general adversarial network.

15 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the command comprises a voice command, a text command, an image command, or a combination thereof.

16 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the one or more fundamental functions comprise acceleration, deceleration, braking, traffic monitoring, steering input, gear selection, lighting control, and climate control.

17 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the environment information comprises weather conditions, wind direction and speed, road conditions, traffic conditions, obstacle information, or combinations thereof.

18 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the high-level function is overtake, pass, merge, park, stop, navigate to destination, or emergency stop.