US 11,873,000 B2
Gesture detection for transport control
Sachin J. Ahire, Frisco, TX (US); Manoj Kalamkar, McKinney, TX (US); and Christopher J. Risberg, Flower Mound, TX (US)
Assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US)
Filed by TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US)
Filed on Feb. 18, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/794,214.
Prior Publication US 2021/0253120 A1, Aug. 19, 2021
Int. Cl. B60W 50/10 (2012.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); G06F 16/23 (2019.01); B60W 40/10 (2012.01)
CPC B60W 50/10 (2013.01) [B60W 40/08 (2013.01); B60W 40/10 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 16/2315 (2019.01); B60W 2540/223 (2020.02); B60W 2540/229 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
detecting a gesture has occurred based on a gesture movement input by a user in an autonomous transport via a hardware sensor installed within an interior of the transport;
identifying a type of gesture and a gesture definition that corresponds to the gesture movement based on a pattern of the gesture movement;
determining a gesture score associated with the type of gesture;
determining whether to permit or deny the gesture based on a numerical maximum transport level score being increased by the gesture score, wherein the determination to permit the gesture is based on a sum of the gesture score and a current transport score being less than the maximum transport level score, and wherein the current transport score is based on a sum of currently engaged transport operations each having an assigned numerical value;
identifying a transport action that corresponds to the gesture definition; and
changing an operating status of the autonomous transport based on the identified transport action.