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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2024
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 50/08 (2020.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18036 (2013.01); B60W 50/08 (2013.01); B60W 50/082 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2540/215 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4044 (2020.02);
Abstract
A reverse support apparatus comprises a storage device in which a forward path passed by a vehicle when the vehicle travels forward is stored, and a controller configured to be able to execute a reverse support control for the vehicle to travel backward along the forward path. The controller makes a suggestion to a driver of the vehicle to execute the reverse support control, when it is determined that a suggestion condition is satisfied based on a situation around the vehicle or a backward path passed by the vehicle when the vehicle travels backward. The controller executes the reverse support control when the driver consents the suggestion.