Patents by Inventor Stuart PARSON

Stuart PARSON has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Systems and methods for external display-based pedestrian navigation assistance
    Patent number: 12586458
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to providing navigational guidance to a pedestrian on infrastructure elements or vehicles in the vicinity of the pedestrian based on the pedestrian being identified as unfamiliar with an environment. In one embodiment, a method includes determining that a pedestrian is in an unfamiliar area based on sensor data that characterizes the pedestrian. The method also includes acquiring a navigational instruction presented on a user device of the pedestrian. The method further includes presenting navigational assistance on an electronic display in a vicinity of the pedestrian responsive to an indication that the pedestrian is in the unfamiliar area. The navigational assistance is based on the navigational instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Benjamin Piya Austin, Rohit Gupta, Rebecca L Kirschweng, Stuart Parson, Stephanie Seohyun Park, Yukiyo Nozawa, Yen Yu Chen, Ryusuke Shimizu, Uyakhan-Egshig Molomjamts
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXTERNAL DISPLAY-BASED PEDESTRIAN NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE
    Publication number: 20250209905
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to providing navigational guidance to a pedestrian on infrastructure elements or vehicles in the vicinity of the pedestrian based on the pedestrian being identified as unfamiliar with an environment. In one embodiment, a method includes determining that a pedestrian is in an unfamiliar area based on sensor data that characterizes the pedestrian. The method also includes acquiring a navigational instruction presented on a user device of the pedestrian. The method further includes presenting navigational assistance on an electronic display in a vicinity of the pedestrian responsive to an indication that the pedestrian is in the unfamiliar area. The navigational assistance is based on the navigational instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Benjamin Piya Austin, Rohit Gupta, Rebecca L Kirschweng, Stuart Parson, Stephanie Seohyun Park, Yukiyo Nozawa, Yen Yu Chen, Ryusuke Shimizu, Uyakhan-Egshig Molomjamts
  • VEHICLE DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20250115129
    Abstract: A vehicle display control device including a processor and a display section that is provided at a vehicle capable of executing driving assistance control, and that is configured to display a vehicle image representing the vehicle, wherein the processor is configured to determine whether or not a switching condition for switching the driving assistance control from a non-actuated state to an actuated state has been satisfied, and, when it has been determined that the switching condition has been satisfied, control the display section so as to display the vehicle image while changing a display mode of the vehicle image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Miki TSUJINO, Matthew COREY HALL, Lorcan O'SHANAHAN, Piotr KLAROWSKI, MW van der WALT, Stuart PARSON, Stephanie PARK