US 11,807,257 B2
Sensing interactions with unpermitted components within a vehicle
Simon P. Roberts, Celina, TX (US); Yang Ding, Montreal (CA); Daniel W. Reaser, Oak Point, TX (US); Christopher J. Macpherson, Plano, TX (US); Keaton Khonsari, Dallas, TX (US); Derek A. Thompson, Dallas, TX (US); and Sergei I. Gage, Redford, MI (US)
Assigned to Toyota Connected North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US); and Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US)
Filed by Toyota Connected North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US); and Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US)
Filed on Jun. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/340,963.
Prior Publication US 2022/0388524 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 50/12 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); G01S 13/88 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 50/12 (2013.01) [B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G01S 13/88 (2013.01); B60W 2420/52 (2013.01); B60W 2540/01 (2020.02); B60W 2540/223 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A monitoring system for sensing interactions of a passenger with a vehicle, comprising:
one or more processors; and
a memory communicably coupled to the one or more processors and storing:
a sensing module including instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
acquire, from a radar of the vehicle, radar data about a passenger cabin of the vehicle;
determine a current state of the passenger cabin according to the radar data including identifying a vehicle component relative to the passenger including a depth of the vehicle component relative to the radar to provide for observing the passenger through an obstruction in relation to the vehicle component; and
responsive to identifying that the current state indicates that the passenger satisfies a threshold in relation to an unpermitted action, generate a response that counters the unpermitted action.