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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2022
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Noriyuki Saitoh, Nisshin, JP;
Masaho Ishida, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A getting-off assistance device that includes a surrounding information acquisition device that acquires information about the surroundings of a vehicle and a control ECU that controls a notification device that notifies an alert to an occupant or occupants of the vehicle, and the control ECU is configured to start the notification of the alert when it is determined that it is dangerous for the occupant to get off the vehicle based on information acquired by the surrounding information acquisition device, end the notification of the alert when it is determined that it is no longer dangerous for the occupant to get off the vehicle, and change the alert so as to reduce annoyance of the alert given to the occupant or occupants when the number of times of the alerts after the door is finally opened is equal to or greater than a reference number of times.