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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2019
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Masumi Dakemoto, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B60S 1/46 (2006.01); B60W 10/30 (2006.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60W 30/12 (2020.01); B60S 1/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/0098 (2013.01); B60S 1/46 (2013.01); B60S 1/54 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 10/30 (2013.01); B60W 30/12 (2013.01); B60W 2540/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A driving support device includes an electric control unit and a cleaning device. The electric control unit is configured to select one mode of a first mode based on a premise that a driver is touching a steering wheel and a second mode not based on the premise that the driver is touching the steering wheel. The electric control unit is configured to permit cleaning of the cleaning device when a cleaning request is issued and the mode is the first mode and to prohibit cleaning of the cleaning device when the mode is the second mode.