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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2019
Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Hiromitsu Urano, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kentaro Ichikawa, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kazunori Nimura, Novi, MI (US);
Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Abstract
A vehicle cargo area door control system for a vehicle including at least one cargo area and at least one cargo area door. The control system includes one or more processors and a memory communicably coupled to the processors for storing a cargo area door control module. The door control module operates to, responsive to the generation or receipt of an instruction which will cause the vehicle to start moving, determine if all vehicle cargo area doors are closed. If at least one cargo area door is not closed, command(s) are generated to close the at least one cargo area door.