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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2024
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Arithmer Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Tasaka, Nisshin, JP;
Keizo Fukushima, Nagoya, JP;
Koichi Harada, Tokyo, JP;
Masami Mori, Tokyo, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
ARITHMER INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A monitoring system according to the present disclosure includes: an image acquiring section; a determining section; an area setting section; and a detecting section. The image acquiring section acquires images obtained by photographing left and right rear sides of a towing vehicle, respectively. The determining section determines whether a towed vehicle towed by the towing vehicle is present in the images. When the determining section determines that the towed vehicle is present in the image, the area setting section sets a dangerous area having a curved shape on one lateral side of the left lateral side and the right lateral side of the towing vehicle and the towed vehicle, the one lateral side being a side where the image in which the towed vehicle is determined to be present is photographed. The detecting section detects a collision hazardous object present in the dangerous area.