Vehicle control system and vehicle control method
US11414052B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 25, 2021 |
| Grant date | Aug 16, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 25, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V40/20
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The present invention includes: a vehicle exterior image acquisition unit acquiring a vehicle exterior image being an image of an external surrounding of a vehicle; a vehicle interior image acquisition unit acquiring a vehicle interior image being an image of an interior of the vehicle; a person recognition unit respectively recognizing, based on the vehicle exterior and interior images, motions of a person outside the vehicle and a person in the vehicle; and a door control unit controlling a state of a door of the vehicle, wherein, if a person outside the vehicle approaching the vehicle has been recognized based on a recognition result of the person recognition unit, the door control unit executes an opening operation on the door if it has been determined that the person in the vehicle has performed a specific motion determined in advance regarding the approaching person outside the vehicle.
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