Systems and methods for mitigating a risk of being followed by a vehicle
AssigneeToyota Motor North America, Inc.
InventorsFarinaz Tehrani, Narendran Narayanasamy
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Abstract
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to systems and methods for mitigating a risk of being followed using information and notification of being followed by a vehicle. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for mitigating a risk of being followed includes the step of detecting, by a plurality of sensors built into a first vehicle, a second vehicle that has been following the first vehicle for a period of time. The method further includes the step of presenting a notification in the first vehicle that it is being followed.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for mitigating a risk of being followed, comprising:
- detecting, by a plurality of sensors built into a first vehicle, a second vehicle that has been following the first vehicle for a period of time that exceeds a threshold period of time;
- and
- presenting a notification in the first vehicle that it is being followed.
A vehicle comprising a plurality of sensors, a processor, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- receive data from the sensors;
- determine the presence of a following vehicle from the data by determining that the following vehicle has been following the vehicle for a period of time that exceeds a threshold period of time;
- and
- present a notification in the vehicle upon determination of the presence of the following vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.