POSITION ESTIMATION METHOD AND POSITION ESTIMATION SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20230003530A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-05

    申请号:US17777642

    申请日:2020-11-20

    IPC分类号: G01C21/28 G08G1/042

    摘要: A position estimation system for a vehicle including a magnetic sensor which measures magnetism acting from a road surface side forming a surface of a traveling road to estimate an own vehicle position includes a map DB which stores a map (1) associated with a road-surface magnetic distribution (M2), which is a distribution of quantities of magnetism at respective points on the road surface, a magnetic distribution generation part which acquires magnetic measurement values from the magnetic sensor and generates a measured magnetic distribution, which is a distribution of magnetic measurement values, and a position estimation part which specifies an area corresponding to the measured magnetic distribution in the road-surface magnetic distribution (M2) associated with the map stored in the map DB and estimates the own vehicle position based on a position of the area corresponding to the measured magnetic distribution on the map.

    VEHICULAR CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20220340202A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-27

    申请号:US17619592

    申请日:2020-06-18

    摘要: A control system (1) for letting a vehicle travel by automatic steering is a system which includes a vehicle control part (112) which controls the vehicle so that a subject point set for the vehicle passes through a predetermined route, a subject-point selection processing part (113) which selects a subject point, and a subject-point updating processing part (114) which updates the subject point as a control subject as appropriate by setting the subject point newly selected by the subject-point selection processing part (113) as the control subject, and a highly-versatile system capable of automatic steering irrespective of the type of the vehicle or the shape of the route.

    MAGNETIC MARKER SYSTEM
    4.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220028261A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-27

    申请号:US17414354

    申请日:2019-12-27

    IPC分类号: G08G1/042 G08G1/01 G06Q10/00

    摘要: In a magnetic marker system including a magnetic marker disposed in a travel environment so as to be detectable by a magnetic sensor attached to a vehicle and a server apparatus which acquires detection information of the magnetic marker from each vehicle, the detection information uploaded from a vehicle side to the server apparatus includes marker information, which is identification information of a corresponding magnetic marker, and the server apparatus estimates the state of the magnetic marker based on the detection information from each vehicle.

    DRIVING SUPPORT SYSTEM
    5.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210390588A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-16

    申请号:US17460378

    申请日:2021-08-30

    摘要: A driving support system including an information acquiring part which acquires, from a vehicle side detecting a magnetic marker laid in a road and capable of acquiring marker identification information for identifying the magnetic marker detected, upload information including the marker identification information, an information providing part which provides the vehicle side as a transmission source of the upload information with support information, a configuration which provides information acquisition right which is a right to receive the support information to the vehicle, and a transmission source management area for registering the identification information of the vehicle as a provision destination of the support information by recording the identification information of the vehicle. The identification information of the vehicle is recorded in the transmission source management area and the information acquisition right is granted to the vehicle when the information acquiring part acquire the upload information.

    POSITION CAPTURING SYSTEM AND POSITION CAPTURING METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20200284586A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-10

    申请号:US16644972

    申请日:2018-08-29

    IPC分类号: G01C21/28 G08G1/16

    摘要: A position capturing system (1) includes a vehicle (5) provided with a measuring unit (2) which magnetically detects a magnetic marker (10) laid in a road and determines a polarity thereof and a GPS unit (35) which measures a position; a database (34) having stored therein a laying position of each of magnetic markers (10) linked with polarity information of the magnetic marker (10); and a position capturing unit (32) which executes processes for capturing the position of the vehicle (5) by selecting corresponding laying position from the database (34) when any of the magnetic markers (10) is detected; and when any of the magnetic markers (10) is detected, selects the laying position located in a specified area with reference to a measured position by the GPS unit (35) and linked with polarity information which complies with the polarity of the detected magnetic marker (10).

    SENSOR UNIT AND SYSTEM
    7.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240247951A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-25

    申请号:US18289893

    申请日:2022-05-11

    IPC分类号: G01D5/14

    CPC分类号: G01D5/14

    摘要: A vehicle system includes a sensor unit including magnetic sensors for detecting a magnetic marker and non-contact displacement sensors which measure a displacement relative to a road surface where the magnetic marker is laid, a processing circuit which performs detection process for detecting the magnetic marker by processing a magnetic measurement value by the plurality of magnetic sensors, and a switching circuit which switches the detection process in accordance with displacement measurement values by the non-contact displacement sensors. By switching the detection process in accordance with the displacement measurement values by the non-contact displacement sensors, the magnetic marker can be detected with high reliability.

    OPERATION SYSTEM AND OPERATION SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20230271630A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-31

    申请号:US18020268

    申请日:2021-08-05

    IPC分类号: B60W60/00 B60W30/12

    摘要: In an operation system (1) for a bus (5) including a connection point database which stores identification information of a magnetic marker (10) positioned so as to correspond to a connection point (13) between a dedicated lane (111) having magnetic markers (10) laid thereon and a general lane (112), the connection point (13) is set so as to correspond to the magnetic marker (10) according to identification information stored in a connection point database, thereby allowing flexibility in changing a route to be improved in the operation system which causes a vehicle to operate along a route defined in advance.

    VEHICLE-ORIENTED SYSTEM AND INFORMATION READING METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20230259140A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-17

    申请号:US18011844

    申请日:2021-06-24

    IPC分类号: G05D1/02 E01F11/00

    摘要: In a vehicle-oriented system (1) for providing information to a vehicle (5) side by using an information providing area (11) provided on a plane where a vehicle (5) moves, a magnetic distribution indicating the information by a plurality of N-pole magnetic markers (10N) is formed in the information providing area (11), and a sign (100) for identifying a position and orientation of the information providing area (11) is provided in the information providing area (11). Therefore, information can be provided by a magnetic method irrespective of a forwarding direction of the vehicle (5).

    MAP AND MAP GENERATION METHOD
    10.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220412769A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-29

    申请号:US17778020

    申请日:2020-11-20

    IPC分类号: G01C21/00 G08G1/042 B60W60/00

    摘要: A map (1) to be used by a vehicle which can measure magnetism acting from a road surface side forming a surface of a road to estimate an own vehicle position includes a structure map (M1) which represents a road structure and has position data indicating an absolute position linked to each point and a road-surface magnetic distribution (M2) which is magnetic data at each point on the road surface and has position data indicating an absolute position linked to each point. In the map (1), the structure map (M1) and the road-surface magnetic distribution (M2) are associated with each other via the position data indicating the absolute position.