	US 12,233,885 B2
	Vehicle action determination based on occupant characteristics
Simon P. Roberts, Celina, TX (US); Sergei I. Gage, Dallas, TX (US); Yang Ding, Montreal (CA); Christopher J. Macpherson, Plano, TX (US); Michael R. Kushnerik, The Colony, TX (US); Naohiro J. Matsumura, Dallas, TX (US); Cory M. Frank, Frisco, TX (US); Jessica May, Danbury, TX (US); and Matthew J. Everett, Norton Shores, MI (US)
Assigned to TOYOTA CONNECTED NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US); TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US); and TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-Ken (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA CONNECTED NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US); and TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US)
Filed on May 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/827,915.
Prior Publication US 2023/0382406 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 50/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01)

CPC B60W 50/0098 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/02 (2013.01); B60W 2540/041 (2020.02)]

17 Claims

1. A method, comprising:

detecting, by a vehicle, a location of a first potential passenger proximate to a road;

determining, by the vehicle, a first road safety level of a pick-up of the first potential passenger at the location by the vehicle;

denying, by the vehicle, the pick-up for the first potential passenger when the determined first road safety level is below a threshold;

determining, by the vehicle, an additional road safety level of the pick-up of the first potential passenger at the location by a different vehicle is above the threshold;

instructing the different vehicle to pick-up the first potential passenger at the location;

determining, by the vehicle, a second road safety level of a pick-up for a second potential passenger at a second location;

and

picking up, by the vehicle, the second potential passenger at the second location, when the second road safety level is above the threshold.