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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2019
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Nobuhide Kamata, Susono, JP;
Yasuo Uehara, Gotemba, JP;
Nozomu Hatta, Susono, JP;
Shunsuke Tanimori, Susono, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
The control device of a vehicle configured to: control a door lock mechanism locking a door of the vehicle; make the vehicle stop when the vehicle is in a specific abnormal state; and determine if it is safe for a user of the vehicle to get off the vehicle from each door of the vehicle while the vehicle is stopped when the vehicle is in the specific abnormal state, wherein the control device controls the door lock mechanism such that a door is maintained in a locked state while the vehicle is being driven and while the vehicle is stopped when the vehicle is not in the specific abnormal state, unlocks the door determined to be safe to get off by the door lock mechanism, and does not unlock the door determined to not be safe to get off when the vehicle is stopped when entering the specific abnormal state.