Methods and systems for controlling operating conditions of vehicle components
AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorsDerek A. Thompson, Krishna V. Buddharaju
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Abstract
A method of controlling an operating condition of a seat belt warning mechanism and a power window of the vehicle is provided. The method, implemented by a computing device of the vehicle, includes detecting, using a sensor of the vehicle, an animal in an interior of the vehicle, activating, automatically and without user intervention, an operating mode for the vehicle responsive to detecting the animal, and controlling, based on the operating mode, an operating condition of a seat belt warning mechanism of the vehicle and an operating condition of a power window of the vehicle.
Claims15
A method implemented by a computing device of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- detecting, using a sensor of the vehicle, an animal in an interior of the vehicle;
- activating, automatically and without user intervention, an operating mode for the vehicle responsive to detecting the animal;
- and
- controlling, based on the operating mode, an operating condition of a seat belt warning mechanism of the vehicle and an operating condition of a power window of the vehicle, wherein controlling the operating condition of the seat belt warning mechanism includes disabling the seat belt warning mechanism.
A system comprising:
- a sensor;
- one or more processors of a vehicle;
- and
- one or more non-transitory memory modules communicatively coupled to the one or more processors of the vehicle and storing machine-readable instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to:
- detect, using the sensor of the vehicle, an animal in an interior of the vehicle that is within a proximity of the sensor;
- activate, automatically and without user intervention, an operating mode for the vehicle;
- and
- control, based on the operating mode, an operating condition of a seat belt warning mechanism of the vehicle and an operating condition of a power window of the vehicle by disabling operation of the power window adjacent to a front seat of the vehicle.
A method implemented by a computing device of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- detecting, using a sensor of the vehicle, an animal in an interior of the vehicle;
- outputting, on a display of the computing device, a prompt for selecting an operating mode for the vehicle;
- selecting, via the computing device, the operating mode for the vehicle;
- activating, based the selection, the operating mode for the vehicle;
- and
- controlling, based on the operating mode, an operating condition of a seat belt warning mechanism of the vehicle and an operating condition of a power window of the vehicle, wherein controlling the operating condition of the seat belt warning mechanism includes disabling the seat belt warning mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.