Systems and methods for securing cargo using inflatable panels
AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorsWeiling Wang, Yuyang Song
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Abstract
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to securing cargo in a cargo area of a vehicle using inflatable panels. In one embodiment, a method includes acquiring sensor data about a cargo area of a vehicle from at least one sensor, identifying a presence and a location of an item in the cargo area according to the sensor data, and inflating an inflatable panel to secure the item in the cargo area.
Claims20
An inflation system, comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a memory communicably coupled to the one or more processors and storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- acquire sensor data about a cargo area of a vehicle from at least one sensor;
- identify a presence and a location of an item in the cargo area according to the sensor data;
- and
- inflate an inflatable panel to secure the item in the cargo area.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to:
- acquire sensor data about a cargo area of a vehicle from at least one sensor;
- identify a presence and a location of an item in the cargo area according to the sensor data;
- and
- inflate an inflatable panel to secure the item in the cargo area.
A method, comprising:
- acquiring sensor data about a cargo area of a vehicle from at least one sensor;
- identifying, using a processing device, a presence and a location of an item in the cargo area according to the sensor data;
- and
- inflating an inflatable panel to secure the item in the cargo area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.