	US 12,472,822 B2
	Authorization for vehicle display
Paul Li, Mountain View, CA (US); John F. Daly, Frisco, TX (US); Rohit Gupta, Santa Clara, CA (US); Satoshi Nagashima, Long Island, NY (US); and Adrian Lombard, New York, NY (US)
Assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US); and TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-Ken (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/224,562.
Prior Publication US 2025/0026199 A1, Jan. 23, 2025
Int. Cl. B60K 35/00 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 35/29 (2024.01); B60K 35/60 (2024.01); B60K 35/85 (2024.01)

CPC B60K 35/00 (2013.01) [B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 35/29 (2024.01); B60K 35/60 (2024.01); B60K 35/85 (2024.01); B60K 2360/166 (2024.01); B60K 2360/178 (2024.01); B60K 2360/1868 (2024.01); B60K 2360/5915 (2024.01); B60K 2360/797 (2024.01)]

17 Claims

1. A method, comprising:

determining an event has occurred at a location;

responsive to a level of the event being above a threshold, determining vehicles heading toward the location that can display information on an exterior portion of the vehicles, wherein the level of the event being above the threshold comprises receiving data from one or more of: the vehicles proximate the event, or devices proximate the event, and analyzing the received data;

requesting to display the information on the vehicles; and

responsive of an approval to the requesting, sending the information to the vehicles to display.