Patent ID: 11971270
Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. A driving settings control system comprising:
a server comprising:
a map database including locations of a plurality destinations and locations a plurality of triggers; and
a controller,

wherein the controller is configured to:
determine a route to a destination in response to receiving the destination from a vehicle;
identify a trigger along the route;
determine an operating condition of a vehicle component of the vehicle corresponding to the trigger;
transmit control instructions to the vehicle including the route, the operating condition of the vehicle component, and executing commands instructing the vehicle to accept the operating condition of the vehicle component in response to receiving data from a sensor on the vehicle while traveling along the route, the data indicating that the vehicle is approaching a location of the trigger; and
automatically adjust the operating conditions of the first vehicle component of the vehicle in response to the vehicle approaching the location of the first trigger such that the operating conditions of the first vehicle component is adjusted at the first trigger,
wherein the operating condition of the first vehicle component is torque control and the first trigger is a change in elevation along the route, the operating condition of the second vehicle component is a driving mode and the second trigger is a slow down point along the route.