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Granted Patent B2
US 12,223,742 · App. 17/161,757 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Systems and methods for determining operating criteria for performing vehicular tasks

Inventors: Seyhan Ucar (Mountain View, CA); Takamasa Higuchi (Mountain View, CA); Chang-Heng Wang (Mountain View, CA); Onur Altintas (Mountain View, CA)
Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
G06V20/588B60W40/09G06F18/22G08G1/0133G08G1/0141G08G1/0145B60W2552/10B60W2552/53
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Patent No.
US 12,223,742
App. No.
17/161,757
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method includes receiving first environment information related to a first vehicular task from a host vehicle, comparing the first environment information to second environment information captured when a member vehicle performed a second vehicular task corresponding to the first vehicular task using a second set of operating criteria, and determining a first set of operating criteria for performing the first vehicular task based on a similarity score between the first environment information and the second environment information and a success or accuracy rate of the second vehicular task performed by the member vehicle.

Claims (35)

1. A method comprising:

receiving first environment information related to a first vehicular task from a host vehicle in communication with a server;

comparing the first environment information to second environment information received from the server and captured by a member vehicle when performing a second vehicular task corresponding to the first vehicular task using a second set of operating criteria comprising a model and a parameter, wherein the second vehicular task was performed by the member vehicle prior to the first vehicular task being performed by the host vehicle; and

determining a first set of operating criteria for performing the first vehicular task based on a similarity score between the first environment information and the second environment information, and a success or accuracy rate of the second vehicular task performed by the member vehicle based on the second set of operating criteria, the first set of operating criteria comprising a model and a parameter.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first set of operating criteria includes one or more of the second set of operating criteria.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

comparing the first environment information to third environment information captured when another member vehicle performed a third vehicular task corresponding to the first vehicular task using a third set of operating criteria;

determining a similarity score between the first environment information and the third environment information and a success or accuracy rate of the third vehicular task performed by the another member vehicle; and

transmitting instructions for avoiding using the third set of operating criteria to the host vehicle based on the similarity score between the first environment information and the third environment information and the success or accuracy rate of the third vehicular task.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the success or accuracy rate of the second vehicular task is greater than the success or accuracy rate of the third vehicular task.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first environment information includes vehicle data of surrounding vehicles captured by the host vehicle using one or more sensors.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining one or more of an inference and a rationale as to a predicted success or an accuracy of the first set of operating criteria by utilizing vehicular knowledge networking.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving results of the first vehicular task performed by the host vehicle; and

storing the results, the results including a success or accuracy rate based on the first set of operating criteria.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first vehicular task is a lane change operation.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first vehicular task is a data download operation.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first vehicular task is a traffic density estimation operation.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first vehicular task is a driver status estimation operation.

12. A server comprising:

a controller configured to:

receive first environment information related to a first vehicular task from a host vehicle;

compare the first environment information to second environment information received at the server and captured by a member vehicle when performing a second vehicular task corresponding to the first vehicular task using a second set of operating criteria comprising at least a model and a parameter, wherein the second vehicular task was performed by the member vehicle prior to the first vehicular task being performed by the host vehicle; and

determine a first set of operating criteria for performing the first vehicular task based on a similarity score between the first environment information and the second environment information, and a success or accuracy rate of the second vehicular task performed by the member vehicle based on the second set of operating criteria, the first set of operating criteria comprising at least a model and a parameter.

13. The server of claim 12 , wherein the first set of operating criteria includes one or more of the second set of operating criteria.

14. The server of claim 12 , wherein the controller is configured to:

compare the first environment information to third environment information captured when another member vehicle performed a third vehicular task corresponding to the first vehicular task using a third set of operating criteria; and

determine a similarity score between the first environment information and the third environment information and a success or accuracy rate of the third vehicular task performed by the another member vehicle.

15. The server of claim 14 , wherein the controller is configured to:

assign a candidate score to each of the second set of operating criteria and the third set of operating criteria based on the corresponding similarity scores and the corresponding success or accuracy rates of the second set of operating criteria and the third set of operating criteria; and

select one of the second set of operating criteria and the third set of operating criteria having the greatest candidate score.

16. The server of claim 14 , wherein the controller is configured to:

transmit instructions for avoiding using the third set of operating criteria to the host vehicle based on the similarity score between the first environment information and the third environment information and the success or accuracy rate of the third vehicular task.

17. The server of claim 16 , wherein the success or accuracy rate of the third vehicular task is below a threshold success or accuracy rate.

18. The server of claim 15 , wherein the candidate score of at least one of the second set of operating criteria and the third set of operating criteria is adjusted based on one or more preferences included in a user profile of the host vehicle.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 17, 2025
From: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 070873/0388 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2021
From: UCAR, SEYHAN; HIGUCHI, TAKAMASA; WANG, CHANG-HENG; ALTINTAS, ONUR
To: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Reel/Frame 055074/0510 →
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