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Granted Patent B2
US 11,840,117 · App. 17/479,394 · Granted Dec 12, 2023

Ramp-equipped vehicle

Inventor: Kentaro Oya (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60G17/017B60G17/019B60P1/433B60G2400/90B60G2401/14B60G2800/914
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,840,117
App. No.
17/479,394
Granted
Dec 12, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A ramp-equipped vehicle includes: a vehicle-height adjusting mechanism configured to adjust a vehicle height of a vehicle; a ramp configured to be movable between a deployed state and a stored state, the deployed state being a state where the ramp protrudes outwardly from the vehicle, the stored state being a state where the ramp is stored inside the vehicle; and a camera configured to detect a person coming closer to the vehicle. When the camera detects a person coming closer to a doorway of the vehicle during vehicle height adjustment by the vehicle-height adjusting mechanism, the vehicle height adjustment by the vehicle-height adjusting mechanism is interrupted.

Claims (5)

1. A ramp-equipped vehicle comprising:

a vehicle-height adjusting mechanism configured to adjust a vehicle height of the vehicle;

a ramp configured to be movable between a deployed state and a stored state, the deployed state being a state where the ramp protrudes outwardly from the vehicle, the stored state being a state where the ramp is stored inside the vehicle; and

a camera configured to detect a person coming closer to the vehicle, wherein, when the camera detects a person coming closer to a doorway of the vehicle during vehicle height adjustment by the vehicle-height adjusting mechanism, the vehicle height adjustment by the vehicle-height adjusting mechanism is interrupted.

2. The ramp-equipped vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising a checking unit configured to check whether or not the person coming closer to the vehicle is a boarding scheduled person, by communicating with a terminal of the boarding scheduled person, wherein, when the checking unit confirms that the person coming closer to the vehicle is the boarding scheduled person during the vehicle height adjustment, the vehicle height adjustment is interrupted.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 20, 2021
From: OYA, KENTARO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 057532/0676 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-177291 · Oct 22, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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