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Granted Patent B2
US 12,628,213 · App. 18/082,564 · Granted May 12, 2026

Vehicle-based health monitoring

Inventors: Simon P. Roberts (Celina, TX); Sergei I. Gage (Dallas, TX); Yang Ding (Montreal, CA); Christopher J. Macpherson (Plano, TX); Michael R. Kushnerik (The Colony, TX); Naohiro J. Matsumura (Dallas, TX); Cory M. Frank (Frisco, TX); Jessica May (Danbury, TX); Matthew J. Everett (Norton Shores, MI)
Assignees: TOYOTA CONNECTED NORTH AMERICA, INC.; TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H04W76/14B60R16/037B60R25/102B60R25/30B60W40/08B60W60/0016G06V20/593H03G3/3089H03G3/32H04M1/6091H04W4/40H04W4/90H04W64/00B60W2040/0881B60W60/0015B60W2540/01B60W2540/221B60W2540/227B60W2554/4041B60W2556/65
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Patent No.
US 12,628,213
App. No.
18/082,564
Granted
May 12, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An example operation includes one or more of determining a condition at a location containing a past occupant of a vehicle, determining a time when the past occupant will become an occupant of the vehicle, and adjusting another condition of a cabin of the vehicle to be at the condition at the time.

Claims (68)

1 . A method comprising:

receiving, by a processor of a vehicle, a message from a home network of a location of a previous occupant of the vehicle;

determining a condition at the location based on the message;

determining a future point in time when the previous occupant will become an occupant of the vehicle based on movements performed at the location;

determining a state of the previous occupant as they approach the vehicle;

modifying the condition based on the state of the occupant; and

adjusting, by the processor, a setting of a system installed within the vehicle at the future point in time to adjust a corresponding condition of a cabin of the vehicle to mirror the modified condition.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the adjusting is based on a delta between a current condition of the cabin of the vehicle and the condition at the location at the future point in time.

3 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:

determining an additional state of the occupant from the future point in time until a destination is reached by the vehicle; and

adjusting a setting of an additional system installed within the vehicle to further modify the condition of the cabin, based on the additional state.

4 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:

determining a first state of the occupant at the future point in time;

determining a second state of the occupant at a time when the vehicle reaches a destination;

comparing the first state and the second state; and

maintaining the condition of the cabin when the vehicle is next occupied, based on the comparison.

5 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:

adjusting another corresponding condition at a destination location of the vehicle based on the condition at the location.

6 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:

determining the state of the previous occupant prior to the previous occupant re-entering the vehicle; and

adjusting the condition of the cabin of the vehicle prior to the previous occupant re-entering the vehicle.

7 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:

determining that the vehicle is routing to the location; and

adjusting the condition of the location to be the adjusted condition of the cabin of the vehicle, based on the determining.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the method comprises detecting the movements being performed including at least one action of turning off a device at the location.

9 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining an impact of the adjusting at an end of a trip of the vehicle, and recording the adjusting in a rules based on the determined impact.

10 . A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory, wherein the processor and the memory are communicably coupled, and wherein the processor is configured to:

receive a message from a home network of a location of a previous occupant of a vehicle;

determine a condition at the location based on the message;

determine a future point in time when the previous occupant will become an occupant of the vehicle based on movements performed at the location;

determine a state of the previous occupant as they approach the vehicle;

modify the condition based on the state of the occupant; and

adjust a setting of a system installed within the vehicle at the future point in time to adjust a corresponding condition of a cabin of the vehicle to mirror the modified condition.

11 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the processor is configured to adjust the setting based on a delta between a current condition of the cabin of the vehicle and the condition at the location at the future point in time.

12 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the processor:

determine an additional state of the occupant from the future point in time until a destination is reached by the vehicle; and

adjusts a setting of an additional system installed within the vehicle to further modify the condition of the cabin, based on the additional state.

13 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the processor:

adjust an additional corresponding condition at a destination location of the vehicle based on the condition at the location.

14 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the processor:

determine the state of the previous occupant prior to the previous occupant re-entering the vehicle; and

adjust the condition of the cabin of the vehicle prior to the previous occupant re-entering the vehicle.

15 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the processor:

determine that the vehicle routes to the location; and

adjust the condition of the location to be the adjusted condition of the cabin of the vehicle, based on the determine.

16 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions, that when read by a processor, cause the processor to perform:

receiving, by a vehicle, a message from a home network of a location of a previous occupant of the vehicle;

determining a condition at the location based on the message;

determining a future point in time when the previous occupant will become an occupant of the vehicle based on movements performed at the location;

determining a state of the previous occupant as they approach the vehicle;

modifying the condition based on the state of the occupant; and

adjusting a setting of a system installed within the vehicle at the future point in time to adjust a corresponding condition of a cabin of the vehicle to mirror the modified condition.

17 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the adjusting is based on a delta between a current condition of the cabin of the vehicle and the condition at the location at the future point in time.

18 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the processor performs:

determining an additional state of the occupant from the future point in time until a destination is reached by the vehicle; and

adjusting a setting of an additional system installed within the vehicle to further modify the condition of the cabin, based on the additional state.

19 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the processor performs:

determining a first state of the occupant at the future point in time;

determining a second state of the occupant at a time when the vehicle reaches a destination;

comparing the first state and the second state; and

maintaining the condition of the cabin when the vehicle is next occupied, based on the comparison.

20 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the processor performs:

determining the state of the previous occupant prior to the previous occupant re-entering the vehicle;

adjusting the corresponding condition of the cabin of the vehicle prior to the previous occupant re-entering the vehicle;

determining that the vehicle is routing to the location; and

adjusting the condition of the location to be the adjusted condition of the cabin of the vehicle, based on the determining.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2022
From: ROBERTS, SIMON P.; GAGE, SERGEI I.; DING, YANG; MACPHERSON, CHRISTOPHER J.; KUSHNERIK, MICHAEL R.; MATSUMURA, NAOHIRO J.; FRANK, CORY M.; MAY, JESSICA; EVERETT, MATTHEW J.
To: TOYOTA CONNECTED NORTH AMERICA, INC.; TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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