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

Claim 4:
5. A getting-off support device comprising:
an alarm issuing unit provided in a vehicle having a plurality of doors including a first door and a second door and configured to issue an alarm in a plurality of different manners; and
an alarm issuing control unit including one or more processors provided in the vehicle and configured to:
determine whether a physical body condition is satisfied, the physical body condition indicating that a physical body that obstructs getting-off of an occupant in the vehicle exists around the vehicle;
determine whether a first getting-off condition is satisfied, based on an open-close state of the first door, the first getting-off condition indicating that the occupant in the vehicle intends to get off the vehicle from the first door;
control, when both of the physical body condition and the first getting-off condition are satisfied, the alarm issuing unit such that the alarm issuing unit issues the alarm in a predetermined manner;
determine whether a second getting-off condition is satisfied, based on an open-close state of the second door, the second getting-off condition indicating that the occupant in the vehicle intends to get off the vehicle from the second door; and
control, when both of the physical body condition and the second getting-off condition are further satisfied while the alarm issuing unit issues the alarm in the predetermined manner, the alarm issuing unit such that the alarm issuing unit issues the alarm in a different manner from the predetermined manner.