US 12,420,808 B2
Adaptive dynamic driver training systems and methods
Minoru Brandon Araki, Saratoga, CA (US); Michael Thompson, San Juan Capistrano, CA (US); James Dallas, Mountain View, CA (US); Yan Ming Jonathan Goh, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Avinash Balachandran, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., Los Altos, CA (US); and TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., Los Altos, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/874,025.
Prior Publication US 2024/0034335 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 40/09 (2012.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); B60W 50/10 (2012.01); B60W 50/16 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 40/09 (2013.01) [B60W 50/10 (2013.01); B60W 50/16 (2013.01); B60W 2040/0809 (2013.01); B60W 2540/30 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A driver training system comprising:
a driver training circuit to, based on at least one of an inferred skill level or an emotional state of a driver operating a vehicle, dynamically adjust a driver training level for the driver while the driver is operating the vehicle during training, wherein dynamically adjusting a driver training level for the driver comprises:
selecting a first driver training level, from a plurality of driver training levels, for the driver based on at least one of the inferred skill level or inferred emotional state of the driver, wherein each of the plurality of driver training levels comprises at least one of: a set of skills or a set of performance benchmarks, wherein the first driver training level applies one or more first actuation or steering ranges resulting from an actuation or a steering input of the driver; and
selectively changing to a second driver training level of the plurality of driver training levels, wherein the second driver training level applies one or more second actuation or steering ranges resulting from the actuation or the steering input of the driver, the one or more second actuation or steering ranges being different compared to the one or more first actuation or steering ranges.