Patents
US 12770409 B2: Systems, vehicles, and methods for vehicle environment detection based on blocked view
- Granted
- 2026-10-20
- Filed
- 2024-05-23 application 18672445
- Type
- Utility · 18 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Embodiments of systems and methods for vehicle environment detection include a vehicle and one or more processors. The vehicle includes a camera operable to generate an image of an environment surrounding the vehicle. The environment includes one or more parking spaces and an object removably attached to the vehicle. The one or more processors are operable to identify the object, generate, using a pre-trained depth algorithm, a depth map based on the image, generate a boundary of the parking spaces based on the depth map excluding the object, determine whether a distance between the boundary of the parking spaces and the vehicle is less than a threshold value, and output an alert in response to determining that the distance is less than the threshold value.
Source: PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-20 (ipgb20261020.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. 4,290 patents | US company or organization | Plano, TX | Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-20 |
| Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha 30,553 patents | Foreign company or organization | Toyota, JP | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-20 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emrah Akin Sisbot | Mountain View, CA | 61 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-20 | |
| Xiaofei Cao | Mountain View, CA | 7 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-20 | |
| Hangquan Zhao | Mountain View, CA | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-20 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G06V | Image or video recognition or understanding | G06V20/586 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-20 |
| B60Q | Arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general | B60Q9/008 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-20 |
| B60R | Vehicles, vehicle fittings, or vehicle parts, not otherwise provided for | B60R1/27 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-20 |
| B60W | Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function; control systems specially adapted for hybrid vehicles; road vehicle drive control systems for purposes not related to the control of a particular sub-unit | B60W30/09 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-20 |
| B62D | Motor vehicles; trailers | B62D15/0275 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-20 |
| G06T | Image data processing or generation, in general | G06T7/20 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-20 |
| G08G | Traffic control systems | G08G1/168 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-20 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
No recorded assignments or security interests on file for this patent.
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