IP Library Granted Patent US 12,434,647
Granted Patent B2
US 12,434,647 · App. 18/230,156 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Adjustment of environment of transports

Inventors: Jaya Bharath R. Goluguri (McKinney, TX); Felipe G. Salles (Garland, TX); Christopher J. Risberg (Flower Mound, TX); Joshua C. Batie (Frisco, TX)
Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
B60R16/037B60W40/08G06V20/597H04L9/0637B60W2540/043H04L9/50
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Patent No.
US 12,434,647
App. No.
18/230,156
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An example operation may include one or more of monitoring, by a transport, data related to behavior of an occupant of the transport, determining, by the transport, a mode of the occupant based on the data, and adjusting, by the transport, an environment of the transport based on the mode of the occupant.

Claims (47)

1. A method, comprising:

monitoring, by a transport, data received from a wireless communication device used by an occupant of a transport while inside the transport;

identifying, by the transport, a type of application on the wireless communication device that is currently in use based on the monitored data;

determining, by the transport, a mode of the occupant from among a work mode, a home mode, and a travel mode based on the type of application that is currently in use on the wireless communication device; and

adjusting, by the transport, an internal environment of the transport based on the mode of the occupant.

2. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

determining parameters of the internal environment.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the adjusting of the internal environment further comprises:

adjusting the internal environment based on the parameters.

4. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

identifying that the type of application is no longer in use on the wireless communication device; and

in response to the type of application no longer being used, reconfiguring the internal environment back to a previous setting.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the monitoring of the data comprises:

monitoring data from a plurality of sources connected over a blockchain network.

6. The method of claim 5 , comprising:

executing a smart contract to adjust the internal environment of the transport based on the identified mode.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the adjusting the internal environment of the transport comprises adjusting a lighting of an interior of the transport and a volume of audio playing within the interior of the transport based on the mode of the occupant.

8. A transport, comprising:

a processor that, when executing instructions stored in a memory, is configured to:

monitor data received from a wireless communication device used by an occupant of the transport while inside the transport;

identify a type of application that is currently in use on the wireless communication device based on the monitored data;

determine a mode of the occupant from among a work mode, a home mode, and a travel mode based on the application that is currently in use on the wireless communication device; and

adjust an internal environment of the transport based on the mode of the occupant.

9. The transport of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine parameters of the internal environment.

10. The transport of claim 9 , wherein when the processor adjusts the internal environment, the processor is further configured to:

adjust the internal environment of the transport based on the parameters.

11. The transport of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further 12 configured to:

identify that the type of application is no longer in use on the wireless communication device; and

in response to the type of application no longer being used, reconfigure the internal environment back to a previous setting.

12. The transport of claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to:

monitor data from a plurality of sources connected over a blockchain network.

13. The transport of claim 12 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

execute a smart contract to adjust the internal environment of the transport based on the identified mode.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor associated with a transport, cause the processor to perform:

monitoring data received from a wireless communication device used by an occupant while inside the transport;

identifying a type of application that is currently in use on the wireless communication device based on the monitored data;

determining a mode of the occupant from among a work mode, a home mode, and a travel mode based on the type of application that is currently in use on the wireless communication device; and

configuring an internal environment of the transport based on the mode of the occupant.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to perform:

determining parameters of the internal environment.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform:

adjusting the internal environment based on the parameters.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to perform:

generating a time stamp to access historical data related to the occupant.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to perform:

monitoring data from a plurality of sources connected over a blockchain network.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2023
From: GOLUGURI, JAYA BHARATH R.; SALLES, FELIPE G.; RISBERG, CHRISTOPHER J.; BATIE, JOSHUA C.
To: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
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Continuity (2)
Continuation 16558203 · Sep 2, 2019
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