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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2021
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Yamato Yorifuji, Aichi-ken, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/00 (2022.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/002 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01);
Abstract
A monitoring device for a vehicle that, in a case in which it is determined, based on information captured by a towing information capture device, that the vehicle is not towing another vehicle, provides support for monitoring an area to a rear of the vehicle using images captured by a first capture device, and in a case in which it is determined, based on the information captured by the towing information capture device, that the vehicle is towing another vehicle, provides support for monitoring the area to the rear of the vehicle using images captured by a second capture device.