Patent ID: 11866037
Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A behavior-based method for alerting a driver of a vehicle, the method comprising:
determining whether the driver will avoid an identified risk at a current location of the vehicle based on at least:
a past driving behavior of the driver successfully avoiding the identified risk or a similar risk; and
a general driving behavior of one or more other drivers that includes a success rate of avoiding the identified risk or a similar risk;

determining whether to present an alert about the identified risk based on whether the driver will avoid the identified risk;
responsive to determining to present an alert about the identified risk, determining an intensity level for the alert based on a level of importance associated with the identified risk; and
causing an alert to be presented to the driver by an output system of the vehicle at the determined intensity level.