Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ramp system for vehicle
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Application No.: US17169548Application Date: 2021-02-08
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Publication No.: US11613196B2Publication Date: 2023-03-28
- Inventor: Takuya Tomioka , Hideki Maeda , Koichi Hirota , Taiki Ishiguro , Tomoyuki Kato , Takeshi Nishikibe
- Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA , AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Aichi-ken; JP Aichi-ken
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA,AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA,AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Aichi-ken; JP Aichi-ken
- Agency: Hauptman Ham, LLP
- Priority: JPJP2020-021819 20200212
- Main IPC: B60P1/43
- IPC: B60P1/43 ; A61G3/06 ; E05F15/76 ; E05F15/73

Abstract:
When it is confirmed that a user exists based on an image of the situation outside a vehicle which is captured using a camera and a proximity sensor detects a fact that the user is approaching based on, for example, a putting of a hand of the user over the proximity sensor, a control device causes a ramp to be extended. As such, a user sitting in a wheelchair can cause the ramp to be extended by approaching the proximity sensor, such as the putting of the user's hand over the proximity sensor such that the user sitting in the wheelchair does not have to press an extension/storage button provided on the vehicle to cause the ramp to be extended.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210245650A1 RAMP SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2021-08-12
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