US 12,441,323 B2
Systems and methods for indicating a vehicle virtual connection based on user confusion
Lisa Maitre, Milford, MI (US)
Assigned to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US); and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota (JP)
Filed by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US)
Filed on May 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/322,957.
Prior Publication US 2024/0391467 A1, Nov. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); B60W 30/00 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 40/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 40/04 (2013.01) [B60Q 1/507 (2022.05); B60Q 1/543 (2022.05); B60W 30/18163 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2554/4046 (2020.02); B60W 2556/65 (2020.02)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory storing machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
capture, from a vehicle-mounted environment sensor, an indication of a user within an environment surrounding a first vehicle that has a virtual connection to a second vehicle;
determine, from output from the vehicle-mounted environment sensor, a confusion score for the user, the confusion score indicative of how confused the user is about the virtual connection; and
generate, at a vehicle-mounted external output device of a vehicle, an indicium of the virtual connection based on the confusion score.