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

Claim 9:
10. A behavior-based system for alerting a driver of a vehicle, the system comprising:
one or more sensors configured to acquire sensor data about at least one of: the vehicle, at least a portion of an external environment of the vehicle, and the driver; and
one or more processors operatively connected to the one or more sensors, the one or more processors being configured to:
determine 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;

determine 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, determine an intensity level for the alert based on a level of importance associated with the identified risk; and
cause an alert to be presented to the driver by an output system of the vehicle at the determined intensity level.