US 12,214,779 B2
Minimizing airborne objects in a collision
Simon P. Roberts, Celina, TX (US); Yang Ding, Montreal (CA); Daniel Warren Reaser, Oak Point, TX (US); Christopher J. Macpherson, Plano, TX (US); Keaton Khonsari, Plano, TX (US); Derek A. Thompson, Dallas, TX (US); and Sergei Gage, Redford, MI (US)
Assigned to 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 Aug. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/400,321.
Prior Publication US 2023/0051547 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2024.01); B60W 30/085 (2012.01)
CPC B60W 30/085 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0027 (2013.01); B60W 2554/4041 (2020.02); B60W 2554/80 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving sensor data from a hardware sensor installed within an interior of a transport;
identifying one or more objects that are currently within the interior of the transport and parameters of the one or more objects including sharp edges of the one or more objects based on the sensor data;
determining flying object danger parameters of the one or more objects within the transport based on the parameters of the one or more objects including the sharp edges identified from the sensor data;
determining an object among the one or more objects that may become airborne based on the flying object danger parameters of the one or more objects;
determining, via a processor within a configuration of the transport, a structure of the configuration of the transport to alter to secure the object based on a location of the object within the transport;
displaying a notification on an occupant device with an identifier of the object and an identifier of the structure of the transport to alter to secure the object;
altering the structure of the configuration of the transport to secure the object; and
transmitting an acknowledgement from the processor within the configuration of the transport to a transport computer which indicates the object has been secured.