US 12,281,907 B2
Parking lot awareness assistance using connected vehicle cooperation
Sergei S. Avedisov, Mountain View, CA (US); Onur Altintas, Mountain View, CA (US); and Takamasa Higuchi, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US)
Filed by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US)
Filed on Nov. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/516,837.
Prior Publication US 2023/0137808 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G01C 21/3461 (2013.01) [G08G 1/166 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle system comprising:
a controller programmed to perform operations comprising:
receiving data from a sensor of a first connected vehicle parking in a parking area configured to operably monitor a conflict zone of the parking area;
transmitting an offer of an awareness assist service to the second connected vehicle;
receiving an acceptance of the offer from the second connected vehicle;
identifying the non-vehicle subject in the conflict zone associated with the second connected vehicle in response to receiving the acceptance;
identifying a non-vehicle subject and a second connected vehicle in the conflict zone based on the data received from the sensor configured to operably monitor the conflict zone;
determining a trajectory of the second connected vehicle and a trajectory of the non-vehicle subject;
determining a suggested trajectory for the second connected vehicle based on a comparison of the trajectory of the second connected vehicle and the trajectory of the non-vehicle subject; and
operating the second connected vehicle according to the suggested trajectory.