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US 12,054,143 · App. 17/702,075 · Granted Aug 6, 2024

Drop-off assist device

Inventors: Koji Takeuchi (Toyota, JP); Masanori Tokuda (Miyoshi, JP); Masaho Ishida (Toyota, JP); Junya Fukuta (Nagoya, JP); Ryuichi Soya (Yokohama, JP)
Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA; Continental Automotive GmbH
B60W30/0956B60W30/10B60W2420/403B60W2554/4049
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Patent No.
US 12,054,143
App. No.
17/702,075
Granted
Aug 6, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device includes a processor configured to: issue an alarm when a movement path condition is met and a prohibition condition is not met, the movement path condition being met when an approaching object of which a predicted movement path is a path along which the object passes by a door of the host vehicle is present; and not issue the alarm when the prohibition condition is met, even when the movement path condition is met, wherein the prohibition condition includes a condition to be met when a difference between a distance in a transverse direction from the host vehicle to a stationary object and a distance in the transverse direction from the host vehicle to the approaching object is equal to or less than a predetermined value in a case where the stationary object is present, the stationary object being stationary at a side of the host vehicle.

Claims (9)

1. A drop-off assist device comprising a processor configured to:

issue an alarm when a movement path condition is met and a prohibition condition is not met, the movement path condition being met when an approaching object is present, the approaching object is an object that is approaching a host vehicle and of which a predicted movement path is a path along which the object passes by a door of the host vehicle; and

not issue the alarm when the prohibition condition is met, even when the movement path condition is met, wherein

the prohibition condition includes a condition to be met when a difference between a distance in a transverse direction from the host vehicle to a stationary object and a distance in the transverse direction from the host vehicle to the approaching object is equal to or less than a predetermined value in a case where the stationary object is present, the stationary object being stationary at a side of the host vehicle.

2. The drop-off assist device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to detect, as the approaching object, the object that is approaching the host vehicle and of which the predicted movement path is a path along which the object passes through an area within a predetermined distance in the transverse direction from the host vehicle.

3. The drop-off assist device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to detect, as the stationary object, an object that is stationary in a predetermined area at the side of the host vehicle.

4. The drop-off assist device according to claim 1 , wherein the movement path condition includes a condition to be met when a time predicted to be taken before the approaching object passes by the door of the host vehicle is equal to or less than a predetermined time.

5. The drop-off assist device according to claim 2 , wherein the predetermined distance is equal to or greater than a distance reached by an end of the door of the host vehicle when the door is fully opened.

6. The drop-off assist device according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined value corresponds with a predetermined amount of overlap in the transverse direction between the approaching vehicle and the stationary object.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2025
From: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
To: CONTINENTAL AUTONOMOUS MOBILITY GERMANY GMBH
Reel/Frame 071754/0871 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2023
From: TAKEUCHI, KOJI; TOKUDA, MASANORI; ISHIDA, MASAHO; FUKUTA, JUNYA; SOYA, RYUICHI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA; CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
Reel/Frame 063002/0866 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-052164 · Mar 25, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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