US Patent Issued to Toyota Jidosha on Jan. 13 for "Systems and methods for generating drop-off point maps" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,492, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Toyota Jidosha K.K. (Japan).

"Systems and methods for generating drop-off point maps" was invented by Emily Lerner (Ypsilanti, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for generating drop-off points in a map includes a location sensor configured to detect a location of a vehicle, a proximity sensor configured to detect a disembarkation of a user from the vehicle and collect geometric features around the location, one or more sensors configured to monitor driving and stopping patterns of the vehicle at the location, and a processor. The processor is configured to generate a drop-...