US 12,466,396 B2
Mitigating an effect of a collision between a vehicle and an obstacle
Manuel Ludwig Kuehner, Mountain View, CA (US); Hiroshi Yasuda, San Francisco, CA (US); and Julia I. Pralle, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Assigned to Woven By Toyota, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Woven by Toyota, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/129,246.
Prior Publication US 2024/0326786 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 30/09 (2012.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60W 30/095 (2012.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); B60W 40/101 (2012.01); B60W 40/114 (2012.01)
CPC B60W 30/09 (2013.01) [B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 30/0956 (2013.01); B60W 40/08 (2013.01); B60W 40/101 (2013.01); B60W 40/114 (2013.01); B60W 2040/0881 (2013.01); B60W 2520/14 (2013.01); B60W 2520/20 (2013.01); B60W 2554/40 (2020.02); B60W 2554/80 (2020.02); B60W 2556/10 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory storing:
a seat occupancy determination module including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine a state of a seat with respect to being occupied by a living being, the seat being on a first side opposite of a second side at which an operator is located; and
a set of modules, the set of modules including a candidate response determination module, a candidate response evaluation module, and a controller module, the set of modules including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause:
a first set of operations to be implemented, or
a second set of operations to be implemented,
each of the first set and the second set:
 being different from a current trajectory of a vehicle; and
 mitigating an effect of a collision between the vehicle and an obstacle; and
a determination to be made about which of the first set or the second set better mitigates the effect of the collision and therefore implemented by determining:
the state of the seat with respect to being occupied or unoccupied,
a first probability that the first set will cause a force produced by a tire of the vehicle to be greater than a saturation force of the tire, and
a second probability that the second set will cause the force produced by the tire to be greater than the saturation force.