US 12,377,847 B2
Initiating operating behavior between vehicles
Joshua C. Batie, Frisco, TX (US); Louis Brugman, Frisco, TX (US); and Imad Zahid, Carrollton, TX (US)
Assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US); and TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/221,793.
Prior Publication US 2025/0018946 A1, Jan. 16, 2025
Int. Cl. B60W 30/18 (2012.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 30/18009 (2013.01) [G07C 5/008 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
determining an operating behavior of a first vehicle that is not part of a connected vehicle system from a device communicatively coupled to the first vehicle, wherein the device is configured to operate with the connected vehicle system;
determining that the operating behavior is not associated with a second vehicle that is part of the connected vehicle system; and
initiating the operating behavior in the second vehicle when the device is communicatively coupled to the second vehicle.