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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2019
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Kiyosu, JP;
Yuichi Tsunekawa, Kiyosu, JP;
Hitoshi Horibe, Kiyosu, JP;
TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., Kiyosu, JP;
Abstract
In order to notify a user of a vehicle of a sensor position in an easily understandable manner to easily open and close a vehicle door by an operation performed by the user of the vehicle, a vehicle door opening/closing device includes: a road surface projection unit configured to project a display representing a position at which shape identification is performed, on a road surface around a vehicle; a shape identification unit configured to perform identification of a shape of an object in a predetermined road surface range including the display projected by the road surface projection unit; and a control unit configured to drive opening or closing of a vehicle door when the shape that is identified by the shape identification unit for the object in the predetermined road surface range represents a shape of a foot portion of a person.