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US 12,586,470 B2Granted
Exit assist device and exit assist method
AssigneesToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Denso Corporation
InventorKoichiro Yamauchi
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Abstract
An exit assist device has a processor configured to estimate a direction of a line of sight of a driver based on an image in which the vicinity of the driving seat is represented, and to decide on an exiting direction in which the vehicle is to exit from a parking space, based on the direction of the line of sight of the driver.
Claims4
An exit assist device comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- estimate a direction of a line of sight of a driver based on an image in which a vicinity of a driving seat is represented,
- recognize multiple directions in which a vehicle can exit from a parking space, based on information representing surrounding environment of the vehicle,
- decide on an exiting direction from among the multiple recognized directions in which the vehicle is to exit from the parking space, based on the direction of the line of sight of the driver,
- generate a traveling route for the vehicle to exit from the parking space based on the exiting direction, and
- notify an automatic control device of the traveling route, and in response, the automatic control device is configured to autonomously control the vehicle to exit from the parking space along the generated traveling route in accordance with the notification.
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An exit assist method which is carried out by an exit assist device and the method comprising:
- estimating a direction of a line of sight of a driver based on an image in which a vicinity of a driving seat is represented;
- recognize multiple directions in which a vehicle can exit from a parking space, based on information representing surrounding environment of the vehicle,
- deciding on an exiting direction from among the multiple recognized directions in which the vehicle is to exit from the parking space, based on the direction of the line of sight of the driver;
- generating a traveling route for the vehicle to exit from the parking space based on the exiting direction, and
- notifying an automatic control device of the traveling route, and in response, the automatic control device is configured to autonomously control the vehicle to exit from the parking space along the generated traveling route in accordance with the notification.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.