Patent ID: 11872985
Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 19:
20. A method, comprising:
determining, by a processor and based on a model and an identity of an operator of a vehicle, a setting for a cruise control to maintain a time gap between the vehicle and a preceding vehicle, the model based on historical time gaps maintained by the operator;
receiving, by the processor and from the cruise control, setting selections associated with predetermined time gaps to be maintained between the vehicle and the preceding vehicle;
adjusting, by the processor, the setting, to produce an adjusted setting, to match a closest setting selection of the setting selections associated with the predetermined time gaps to be maintained between the vehicle and the preceding vehicle; and
causing, by the processor, the cruise control to operate according to the adjusted setting.