VEHICLE-EXIT ASSIST APPARATUS

Organization Name

toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha

Inventor(s)

Koji Takeuchi of Toyota-shi, Aichi JP

Masanori Tokuda of Miyoshi-shi, Aichi JP

Masaho Ishida of Toyota-shi, Aichi JP

Junya Fukuta of Nagoya-shi, Aichi JP

Ryuichi Soya of Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa JP

Ovidiu Marius Chicea of Sibiu, Sibiu RO

VEHICLE-EXIT ASSIST APPARATUS

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250006057 titled 'VEHICLE-EXIT ASSIST APPARATUS

Original Abstract Submitted

provided is a vehicle-exit assist apparatus including: a target information acquisition device () configured to acquire target information on a target existing on a rear side of an own vehicle; and a control unit () configured to execute vehicle-exit assist control. the control unit is configured to: determine, based on the target information, whether an interference target which is liable to interfere with the safe exit of the occupant from the own vehicle during a vehicle stop is detected; determine, when a vehicle-exit assist condition which is satisfied at least when the interference target is detected is satisfied, whether a specific condition is satisfied, the specific condition being satisfied when at least a part of the interference target exists in a rear-side vehicle width region; execute the vehicle-exit assist control when the specific condition is not satisfied; and avoid executing the vehicle-exit assist control when the specific condition is satisfied.