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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2024
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Masatoshi Hayashi, Nisshin, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05F 15/40 (2015.01); B60J 5/10 (2006.01); B60R 1/26 (2022.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05F 15/40 (2015.01); B60R 1/26 (2022.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); B60J 5/101 (2013.01); E05Y 2400/54 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/532 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/548 (2013.01);
Abstract
When there is a request to open the luggage compartment door, the ECU performs processing including the following steps: activating the back camera, acquiring a moving image, displaying the moving image on the display device, acquiring a still image, calculating the distance to the object in the image, stopping the operation of the luggage compartment door when the distance to the object is less than or equal to a threshold, stopping the display on the display device, and performing an opening operation of the luggage compartment door when the distance to the object is greater than the threshold.