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US 12,359,718 B2Granted
Control device and control method
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHidekazu Hirabayashi, Takayuki Shimauchi, Yuta Saito
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Abstract
The control device controls a vehicle towing a trailer. The control device is configured to determine whether or not a user is present in the trailer when a shift range is in the parking range. The control device is configured to ignore a shift range switching operation by a driver when the shift range switching operation is performed while a user is present in the trailer.
Claims3
A control device for controlling a vehicle towing a trailer, wherein
- the control device is configured to determine whether or not a person is present in the trailer when a shift range is in a parking range, and to ignore a shift range switching operation by a driver when the shift range switching operation is performed while a person is present in the trailer;
- wherein the trailer is provided with a toilet room and a detection unit that detects the presence or absence of a person in the toilet room,
- the control device is configured to acquire a detection result of the detection unit;
- and
- when it is determined that a user is in the toilet room, the shift range is kept in the parking range.
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A control method for controlling a vehicle towing a trailer, the control method comprising the steps of:
- determining whether or not a person is present in the trailer when a shift range is in a parking range;
- and
- ignoring a shift range switching operation by a driver when the shift range switching operation is performed while a person is present in the trailer;
- wherein the trailer is provided with a toilet room and the control method further comprises the steps of detecting the presence or absence of a person in the toilet room, and
- when it is determined that a user is in the toilet room, keeping the shift range in the parking range.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.