Patent ID: 11912195
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  E | IPC B  E

Claim 8:
9. A getting-off support device comprising:
a door locking device configured to be capable of switching a door provided on a vehicle from an unopenable state to an openable state by drive force of a drive force source;
an operation unit configured to be operated by an occupant such that the door locking device switches the door from the unopenable state to the openable state;
a sound issuing unit configured to be capable of issuing a predetermined sound; and
a control unit configured to control the door locking device such that the door locking device switches the door from the unopenable state to the openable state, and to control the issuing of the predetermined sound by the sound issuing unit, wherein:
the control unit determines whether a physical body condition is satisfied, the physical body condition indicating that a physical body that obstructs getting-off of the occupant in the vehicle exists around the vehicle;
when the operation unit is operated in a case where the physical body condition is satisfied and where the sound issuing unit does not issue the predetermined sound, the control unit controls the door locking device such that the door locking device does not switch the door from the unopenable state to the openable state, and controls the sound issuing unit such that the sound issuing unit issues the predetermined sound indicating that the door has not been switched to the openable state by the operation to the operation unit; and
when the operation unit is operated in a case where the physical body condition is satisfied and where the sound issuing unit issues the predetermined sound, the control unit controls the door locking device such that the door locking device does not switch the door from the unopenable state to the openable state, and controls the sound issuing unit such that the sound issuing unit does not issue the predetermined sound by the operation to the operation unit during the issuing of the predetermined sound by the sound issuing unit.