US 12,227,176 B2
Transport-related object avoidance
Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr., Allen, TX (US); Satyajit P. Patne, The Colony, TX (US); and Albert Scott Ludwin, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US)
Filed by TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US)
Filed on Mar. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/188,680.
Prior Publication US 2022/0274593 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 30/09 (2012.01); B60W 30/095 (2012.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); G06F 16/27 (2019.01); G08G 1/01 (2006.01); G08G 1/017 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 30/0956 (2013.01) [B60W 30/09 (2013.01); B60W 30/18163 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G06F 16/27 (2019.01); G08G 1/166 (2013.01); B60W 2050/143 (2013.01); B60W 2554/4042 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4044 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
identifying, by a transport traveling in a lane in a first direction, a potential impact with an object in the lane;
identifying, by the transport, whether a minimal distance, in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, between the transport and the object at a time the transport initiates passing of the object would require the transport to cross a lane boundary into another lane, wherein the minimal distance is based on a potential severity of the potential impact; and
in response to the identifying, implementing, by the transport, different collision avoidance maneuvers depending on whether or not the minimal distance would require the transport to cross the lane boundary.