US 12,077,160 B2
Apparatus and method for performing an action associated with a driver input indicated via an input modality of a human machine interface of a vehicle
Hiroshi Yokoyama, Tokyo (JP); and Ercan Mehmet Dede, Ann Arbor, MI (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. 5, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/090,392.
Prior Publication US 2022/0135048 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 40/08 (2012.01); B60K 35/00 (2024.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/20 (2024.01); B60W 30/095 (2012.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01)
CPC B60W 40/08 (2013.01) [B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60W 30/0956 (2013.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G06V 20/597 (2022.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/20 (2024.01); B60K 2360/143 (2024.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2420/408 (2024.01); B60W 2420/54 (2013.01); B60W 2540/229 (2020.02); G01C 21/3605 (2013.01); G06V 2201/08 (2022.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for performing an action associated with a driver input indicated via an input modality of a human machine interface of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
processing circuitry configured to
receive initial data corresponding to an initial driver input via a first input modality of the human machine interface of the vehicle,
compare a confidence level of the initial data to a confidence level threshold associated with the first input modality of the human machine interface of the vehicle,
request, based on the comparison, a subsequent driver input via a second input modality of the human machine interface of the vehicle,
receive the subsequent driver input via the second input modality,
determine a presence of an adverse condition within a vehicle environment after receiving the subsequent driver input,
delay performing an action associated with the subsequent driver input when the adverse condition is present within the vehicle environment by entering, into a buffer, the action associated with the subsequent driver input, and determining, iteratively, whether the adverse condition is present within the vehicle environment, wherein the action is an adjustment of one of a plurality of systems of the vehicle, and
perform the action associated with the subsequent driver input when it is determined that the adverse condition is not present within the vehicle environment.