US 12,187,309 B2
Stationary vehicle on a shoulder of a road notification
John-Michael McNew, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Yu Liu, Ann Arbor, MI (US); and Brian A Mulrooney, Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Assigned to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US); and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota (JP)
Filed by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US)
Filed on Feb. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/104,613.
Prior Publication US 2024/0253651 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. G08B 21/00 (2006.01); B60W 40/02 (2006.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 50/14 (2013.01) [B60W 40/02 (2013.01); B60W 50/0097 (2013.01); B60W 2050/143 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2554/20 (2020.02); B60W 2554/404 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory storing machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
determine one or more characteristics of a target vehicle, the target vehicle being a stationary vehicle on a shoulder of a road;
predict how much time the target vehicle will be on the shoulder based on at least the one or more characteristics of the target vehicle; and
determine whether to generate a notification associated with the target vehicle based on at least a prediction of how much time the target vehicle will be on the shoulder.