US 12,409,699 B2
Stabilizer control device
Takashi Saito, Fuji (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Sep. 18, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/888,524.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-214507 (JP), filed on Dec. 20, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0206097 A1, Jun. 26, 2025
Int. Cl. B60G 21/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60G 21/026 (2013.01) 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stabilizer control device comprising
a control unit configured to operate an actuator of an active stabilizer of a vehicle and tilt a vehicle body of the vehicle to a right side or a left side when a user gets in and out of the vehicle;
a receiving unit configured to receive a user operation for tilting the vehicle body to the right side or the left side, wherein the control unit is configured to, when the user operation is received by the receiving unit, tilt the vehicle body to a side specified by the user operation; and
a detection unit configured to detect the user around the vehicle, wherein the control unit is configured to, when the user is detected on the right side or the left side of the vehicle by the detection unit, tilt the vehicle body to a side corresponding to a side where the user is detected,
wherein the control unit is configured to, when users are detected on both sides of the vehicle by the detection unit, determine a side having a higher priority level out of the right side and the left side of the vehicle, and tilt the vehicle body to a side corresponding to the determined side having the higher priority level.