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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2022
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an acceleration suppression apparatus having improved practicality. The acceleration suppression apparatus includes: an in-vehicle sensor () configured to acquire information relating to a position of an own vehicle and information relating to an operation of an operating element of the own vehicle to output the acquired information; and a parking assist ECU () configured to execute, based on the information acquired from the in-vehicle sensor (), acceleration suppression control for suppressing acceleration of the own vehicle by controlling at least one of a drive device () or a braking device () mounted on the own vehicle. The parking assist ECU () is configured to execute the acceleration suppression control when, in a situation in which the own vehicle is positioned in a predetermined region including a parking space, a traveling mode of the own vehicle matches a predetermined mode defined in advance as a traveling mode when the own vehicle is being parked in the parking space.