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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2025
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Mitsuhiro Miura, Toyota, JP;
Yoshiaki Tomatsu, Toyoake, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05F 15/40 (2015.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); B60R 1/29 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05F 15/40 (2015.01); B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); B60R 1/29 (2022.01); B60R 2300/8006 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/531 (2013.01);
Abstract
If it is detected that a passenger is present in the predetermined area set near the door inside the vehicle while the door is in open state, a control apparatus prohibits door closing control. The control apparatus displays, when a close button is pressed by a driver while the door closing control is prohibited, image captured by an in-vehicle camera at the timing when the close button is pressed, on a display for a predetermined period of time, together with real-time image of the inside of the vehicle captured by the in-vehicle camera in a divided manner.