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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2022
Hitachi Astemo, Ltd., Hitachinaka, JP;
HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD., Hitachinaka, JP;
Abstract
A control device according to the present disclosure is to provide greater safety than in the conventional system for the occupant while alighting from the vehicle. A control deviceis mounted on a vehicle. The control deviceincludes an attention degree estimation unitand an alighting restriction unit. Based on at least one of results detected by an occupant sensorfor detecting motion of an occupant of the vehicleand detected by a vehicle sensorfor detecting a state of the vehicle, the attention degree estimation unitestimates a degree of attention of the occupant to an approaching object approaching the vehicle. When the degree of attention of the occupant estimated by the attention degree estimation unitis below the predetermined threshold, the alighting restriction unitcauses at least one of the door opening/closing device, the audio output device, and the image display devicein the vehicleto execute the alighting restriction operation.