Benjamin P. Austin

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Saline, MI, US

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Information Patent Grant
Determination of vehicle clearance and optimized orientation of obj...
- Patent number 12,365,348
- Issue date Jul 22, 2025
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Benjamin Piya Austin
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Smart accessory for communicating an intention to cross a street
- Patent number 12,367,758
- Issue date Jul 22, 2025
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Benjamin Piya Austin
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
System and method for adjusting the light intensity of an analog ne...
- Patent number 12,145,442
- Issue date Nov 19, 2024
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- George M. Evans
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Systems and methods for displaying dynamic closed-captioning content
- Patent number 12,141,353
- Issue date Nov 12, 2024
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Benjamin Piya Austin
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
System and method for adjusting a yielding space of a platoon
- Patent number 12,097,856
- Issue date Sep 24, 2024
- Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Benjamin P. Austin
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Driving automation device to mitigate the risk of other road users
- Patent number 12,079,702
- Issue date Sep 3, 2024
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Joshua E. Domeyer
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Systems and methods for selective steering wheel transparency and c...
- Patent number 11,975,609
- Issue date May 7, 2024
- TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INC.
- Benjamin Piya Austin
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Eliminating the appearance of vehicles and/or other objects when op...
- Patent number 11,948,227
- Issue date Apr 2, 2024
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Benjamin Piya Austin
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Interface sharpness distraction mitigation method and system
- Patent number 11,908,208
- Issue date Feb 20, 2024
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Benjamin P. Austin
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Driving automation external communication location change
- Patent number 11,688,184
- Issue date Jun 27, 2023
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Benjamin P. Austin
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
System and method for adjusting the transparency of a digital needle
- Patent number 11,602,993
- Issue date Mar 14, 2023
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- George M. Evans
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
External communication suppression device for driving automation
- Patent number 11,571,969
- Issue date Feb 7, 2023
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Joshua E. Domeyer
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Vehicle automation-connected pedestrian risk assessment device
- Patent number 11,462,113
- Issue date Oct 4, 2022
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Benjamin P. Austin
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Cognitive tunneling mitigation device for driving
- Patent number 11,447,140
- Issue date Sep 20, 2022
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Benjamin P. Austin
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Systems and methods for vehicle communication consistency
- Patent number 11,414,102
- Issue date Aug 16, 2022
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Joshua E. Domeyer
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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System and method for adjusting a yielding space of a platoon
- Patent number 11,407,415
- Issue date Aug 9, 2022
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Benjamin P. Austin
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Systems and methods for improving lane centering performance
- Patent number 11,260,907
- Issue date Mar 1, 2022
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- John K. Lenneman
- B62 - LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
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System and method of green temperature optimization in a vehicle
- Patent number 11,235,640
- Issue date Feb 1, 2022
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Benjamin P. Austin
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Systems and methods for improving visual scanning behavior associat...
- Patent number 11,225,266
- Issue date Jan 18, 2022
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Joshua E. Domeyer
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Systems and methods for occluding vehicle occupant communication
- Patent number 11,151,366
- Issue date Oct 19, 2021
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Benjamin P. Austin
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Systems and methods for notifying other road users of a change in v...
- Patent number 10,766,412
- Issue date Sep 8, 2020
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Benjamin P. Austin
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXTERNAL DISPLAY-BASED PEDESTRIAN NAVIGATIO...
- Publication number 20250209905
- Publication date Jun 26, 2025
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Benjamin Piya Austin
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
USING A LIGHT OF A PARKED VEHICLE TO ILLUMINATE A PATH
- Publication number 20250189335
- Publication date Jun 12, 2025
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Benjamin Piya Austin
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING IMPAIRED DECISION-MAKING PEDESTRIANS
- Publication number 20250191461
- Publication date Jun 12, 2025
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Benjamin Piya Austin
- G08 - SIGNALLING
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO HEARING-IMPAIRED PE...
- Publication number 20250182612
- Publication date Jun 5, 2025
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Benjamin Piya Austin
- G08 - SIGNALLING
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPERIMPOSING AUGMENTED REALITY VEHICLE LIG...
- Publication number 20250182339
- Publication date Jun 5, 2025
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Benjamin Piya Austin
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SYNCHRONIZING THE PRESENTATION OF VEHICLE E...
- Publication number 20250182613
- Publication date Jun 5, 2025
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Benjamin Piya Austin
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
SMART ACCESSORY FOR COMMUNICATING AN INTENTION TO CROSS A STREET
- Publication number 20250174118
- Publication date May 29, 2025
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Benjamin Piya Austin
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
AUDIO AND VISUAL ENVIRONMENT FOR A PEDESTRIAN
- Publication number 20250173102
- Publication date May 29, 2025
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Benjamin Piya Austin
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
CUSTOM ENVIRONMENT IN A VEHICLE
- Publication number 20250171034
- Publication date May 29, 2025
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Benjamin Piya Austin
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
PROVIDING A VIRTUAL RAILROAD CROSSING WARNING
- Publication number 20250162630
- Publication date May 22, 2025
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Rohit Gupta
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO A STROLLER DRIVER
- Publication number 20250153758
- Publication date May 15, 2025
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Benjamin Piya Austin
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENCOURAGING PEDESTRIAN GROUP MOVEMENT
- Publication number 20250157325
- Publication date May 15, 2025
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Benjamin Piya Austin
- G08 - SIGNALLING
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING DYNAMIC CLOSED-CAPTIONING CONTENT
- Publication number 20250036199
- Publication date Jan 30, 2025
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Benjamin Piya Austin
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO DETERMINE AWAKENING LEAD TIME FOR WAKING UP...
- Publication number 20250033559
- Publication date Jan 30, 2025
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Benjamin Piya Austin
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
LIGHTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS UTILIZING LIGHTING PROFILES
- Publication number 20240397598
- Publication date Nov 28, 2024
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Benjamin Piya Austin
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING FEEDBACK BASED ON PEDAL TOUCHING
- Publication number 20240359694
- Publication date Oct 31, 2024
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Benjamin Piya Austin
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
METHODS FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE SETTINGS AND/OR FUNCTIONS USING STE...
- Publication number 20240351595
- Publication date Oct 24, 2024
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Benjamin Piya Austin
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
SMART VEHICLE WINDOW GLASS CLEANING SYSTEM
- Publication number 20240294144
- Publication date Sep 5, 2024
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Benjamin Piya Austin
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
REDUCING A MEASURE OF A COGNITIVE STATE OF AN INDIVIDUAL IN AN ENVI...
- Publication number 20240265642
- Publication date Aug 8, 2024
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Benjamin Piya Austin
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
DETERMINATION OF VEHICLE CLEARANCE AND OPTIMIZED ORIENTATION OF OBJ...
- Publication number 20240190445
- Publication date Jun 13, 2024
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Benjamin Piya Austin
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
VIBRATION SENSING STEERING WHEEL TO OPTIMIZE VOICE COMMAND ACCURACY
- Publication number 20240185863
- Publication date Jun 6, 2024
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Benjamin Piya Austin
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THE LIGHT INTENSITY OF AN ANALOG NE...
- Publication number 20230090466
- Publication date Mar 23, 2023
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- George M. Evans
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THE TRANSPARENCY OF A DIGITAL NEEDLE
- Publication number 20230085888
- Publication date Mar 23, 2023
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manafacturing North America, Inc.
- George M. Evans
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A YIELDING SPACE OF A PLATOON
- Publication number 20220332321
- Publication date Oct 20, 2022
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Benjamin P. Austin
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
DRIVING AUTOMATION DEVICE TO MITIGATE THE RISK OF OTHER ROAD USERS
- Publication number 20220161823
- Publication date May 26, 2022
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Joshua E. Domeyer
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
VEHICLE AUTOMATION-CONNECTED PEDESTRIAN RISK ASSESSMENT DEVICE
- Publication number 20220130254
- Publication date Apr 28, 2022
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Benjamin P. AUSTIN
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
COGNITIVE TUNNELING MITIGATION DEVICE FOR DRIVING
- Publication number 20220118985
- Publication date Apr 21, 2022
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Benjamin P. Austin
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
INTERFACE SHARPNESS DISTRACTION MITIGATION METHOD AND SYSTEM
- Publication number 20220121865
- Publication date Apr 21, 2022
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Benjamin P. AUSTIN
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A LEAD TIME OF EXTERNAL AUDIBLE SIG...
- Publication number 20220105866
- Publication date Apr 7, 2022
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Benjamin P. Austin
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A YIELDING SPACE OF A PLATOON
- Publication number 20220063621
- Publication date Mar 3, 2022
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Benjamin P. Austin
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL

Benjamin P. Austin

Person

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Determination of vehicle clearance and optimized orientation of obj...

Smart accessory for communicating an intention to cross a street

System and method for adjusting the light intensity of an analog ne...

Systems and methods for displaying dynamic closed-captioning content

System and method for adjusting a yielding space of a platoon

Driving automation device to mitigate the risk of other road users

Systems and methods for selective steering wheel transparency and c...

Eliminating the appearance of vehicles and/or other objects when op...

Interface sharpness distraction mitigation method and system

Driving automation external communication location change

System and method for adjusting the transparency of a digital needle

External communication suppression device for driving automation

Vehicle automation-connected pedestrian risk assessment device

Cognitive tunneling mitigation device for driving

Systems and methods for vehicle communication consistency

System and method for adjusting a yielding space of a platoon

Systems and methods for improving lane centering performance

System and method of green temperature optimization in a vehicle

Systems and methods for improving visual scanning behavior associat...

Systems and methods for occluding vehicle occupant communication

Systems and methods for notifying other road users of a change in v...

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXTERNAL DISPLAY-BASED PEDESTRIAN NAVIGATIO...

USING A LIGHT OF A PARKED VEHICLE TO ILLUMINATE A PATH

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING IMPAIRED DECISION-MAKING PEDESTRIANS

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO HEARING-IMPAIRED PE...

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPERIMPOSING AUGMENTED REALITY VEHICLE LIG...

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SYNCHRONIZING THE PRESENTATION OF VEHICLE E...

SMART ACCESSORY FOR COMMUNICATING AN INTENTION TO CROSS A STREET

AUDIO AND VISUAL ENVIRONMENT FOR A PEDESTRIAN

CUSTOM ENVIRONMENT IN A VEHICLE

PROVIDING A VIRTUAL RAILROAD CROSSING WARNING

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO A STROLLER DRIVER

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENCOURAGING PEDESTRIAN GROUP MOVEMENT

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING DYNAMIC CLOSED-CAPTIONING CONTENT

SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO DETERMINE AWAKENING LEAD TIME FOR WAKING UP...

LIGHTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS UTILIZING LIGHTING PROFILES

SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING FEEDBACK BASED ON PEDAL TOUCHING

METHODS FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE SETTINGS AND/OR FUNCTIONS USING STE...

SMART VEHICLE WINDOW GLASS CLEANING SYSTEM

REDUCING A MEASURE OF A COGNITIVE STATE OF AN INDIVIDUAL IN AN ENVI...

DETERMINATION OF VEHICLE CLEARANCE AND OPTIMIZED ORIENTATION OF OBJ...

VIBRATION SENSING STEERING WHEEL TO OPTIMIZE VOICE COMMAND ACCURACY

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THE LIGHT INTENSITY OF AN ANALOG NE...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THE TRANSPARENCY OF A DIGITAL NEEDLE

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A YIELDING SPACE OF A PLATOON

DRIVING AUTOMATION DEVICE TO MITIGATE THE RISK OF OTHER ROAD USERS

VEHICLE AUTOMATION-CONNECTED PEDESTRIAN RISK ASSESSMENT DEVICE

COGNITIVE TUNNELING MITIGATION DEVICE FOR DRIVING

INTERFACE SHARPNESS DISTRACTION MITIGATION METHOD AND SYSTEM

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A LEAD TIME OF EXTERNAL AUDIBLE SIG...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A YIELDING SPACE OF A PLATOON