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US 12,617,434 B2Granted
Unintentional control re-engagement prevention
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYiting Liu, Hirofumi Yamamoto, Chen Bao
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to preventing accidentally or unintentionally re-engaging a vehicle control system after recently dis-engaging the vehicle control system. In one embodiment, a method includes, in response to a vehicle control system being disengaged, activating a lockout period, and preventing the vehicle control system from re-engaging during the lockout period.
Claims18
A method comprising:
- in response to a vehicle control system being disengaged, activating a lockout period, the lockout period including a plurality of phases, the plurality of phases including at least a first phase and a second phase;
- preventing the vehicle control system from re-engaging when the lockout period is in the first phase;
- and
- preventing a portion of the vehicle control system from re-engaging when the lockout period is in the second phase.
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A system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- in response to a vehicle control system being disengaged, activate a lockout period, the lockout period including a plurality of phases, the plurality of phases including at least a first phase and a second phase;
- preventing the vehicle control system from re-engaging when the lockout period is in the first phase;
- and
- prevent a portion of the vehicle control system from re-engaging when the lockout period is in the second phase.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to:
- in response to a vehicle control system being disengaged, activate a lockout period, the lockout period including a plurality of phases, the plurality of phases including at least a first phase and a second phase;
- prevent the vehicle control system from re-engaging when the lockout period is in the first phase;
- and
- prevent a portion of the vehicle control system from re-engaging when the lockout period is in the second phase.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.