Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha

Junki Kato

Akira Kaneko

Kouichi Masamura

Hirotaka Torikai

Shushi Waseda

Provided is a boarding/deboarding controller that enables reduce time and effort for boarding and deboarding a vehicle of which canopy is opened or closed to allow a user boards or deboards. One aspect of the present disclosure provides a boarding/deboarding controller for a vehicle including a seat, an occupant compartment provided with the seat, and a canopy that moves to a closed position where the canopy covers the occupant compartment and to an opened position, which is situated upper than the closed position. The boarding/deboarding controller is configured to change a posture or position of the seat concurrently while the canopy is moved from the closed position to the opened position in an opened movement, or, from the opened position to the closed position in a closed movement.

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Aichi-ken, Japan

Junki Kato