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US 12,319,296 · App. 18/107,236 · Granted Jun 3, 2025

Reverse traveling determination device

Inventor: Kohtaroh Nagaoka (Susono, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60W40/10B60W40/02B60W50/14B60W2050/143B60W2520/06B60W2554/80
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Patent No.
US 12,319,296
App. No.
18/107,236
Granted
Jun 3, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A reverse traveling determination device that performs reverse traveling determination of determining whether a vehicle is traveling in reverse includes a direction indicator determining unit configured to determine whether a direction indicator of the vehicle has been operated. The reverse traveling determination is not performed after a predetermined time has passed or the vehicle has traveled a predetermined distance after the direction indicator determining unit has determined that the direction indicator has been operated.

Claims (11)

1. A reverse traveling determination device that performs reverse traveling determination of determining whether a vehicle is traveling in reverse, the reverse traveling determination device comprising a direction indicator determining unit configured to:

determine whether a direction indicator of the vehicle has been operated,

upon determination that the direction indicator has been operated, reset a determination travel distance, and

upon determination that the direction indicator has not been operated:

add a distance traveled by the vehicle since a last time that it was determined whether the direction indicator of the vehicle has been operated to the determination travel distance,

determine whether the determination travel distance is less than a predetermined threshold, and

upon determination that the determination travel distance is less than the predetermined threshold, determine whether the vehicle is traveling in reverse.

2. The reverse traveling determination device according to claim 1 , wherein the reverse traveling determination is performed based on an external environment of the vehicle or based on position information of the vehicle and map information.

3. The reverse traveling determination device according to claim 1 , further comprising a warning unit configured to issue a warning when it is determined in the reverse traveling determination that the vehicle is traveling in reverse.

4. The reverse traveling determination device according to claim 1 , wherein it is determined whether the vehicle is traveling on a motorway in reverse.

5. The reverse traveling determination device according to claim 1 , wherein it is determined whether the vehicle is traveling in a parking lot in reverse.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 10, 2023
From: NAGAOKA, KOHTAROH
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 062659/0597 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-020243 · Feb 14, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230256976A1 · Aug 17, 2023
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