Control apparatus and vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMitsuhiro Miura, Yoshiaki Tomatsu
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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.
Claims8
A control apparatus that controls a door of a vehicle on which a plurality of passengers are on board, wherein
- a predetermined area, where door closing control is prohibited when a passenger's presence in the predetermined area is detected, is set near the door inside the vehicle,
- a close button pressed by a driver of the vehicle when the driver executes the door closing control, an in-vehicle camera that captures an image of the interior of the vehicle including the predetermined area, and a display that displays the image of the interior of the vehicle captured by the in-vehicle camera, are provided in the vehicle,
- the control apparatus having a controller configured to:
- prohibit the door closing control when the passenger's presence in the predetermined area is detected while the door is in open state, and
- display, when the close button is pressed by the driver while the door closing control is prohibited, image captured by the in-vehicle camera at the timing when the close button is pressed, on the 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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.