OWN-VEHICLE POSITION INTEGRATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND OWN-VEHICLE POSITION INTEGRATION PROCESSING METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20240102825A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-28

    申请号:US18039528

    申请日:2021-03-18

    IPC分类号: G01C21/00

    CPC分类号: G01C21/3844

    摘要: An own-vehicle position integration processing apparatus calculates with a prediction circuitry, based on own-vehicle movement information u(m) obtained from an own-vehicle movement information observation device and an observation time point tego(m) thereof and on own-vehicle position information z(n) obtained from a plurality of own-vehicle position observation devices and an observation time point tobs(n) thereof, an own-vehicle position prediction value xpred(n) at the observation time point tobs(n), acquires a previous observation time point tobs(n−1) and an own-vehicle position estimation value xest(n−1) thereat from an updating circuitry, sequentially updates using them the own-vehicle position prediction value xpred(n) at the observation time point tobs(n) per item of own-vehicle position information z(n), and calculates an own-vehicle position xout(n) at a target output time point tout from an own-vehicle position estimation value xest(n). Thereby, a precise own-vehicle position can be estimated.

    POWER CONTROL APPARATUS FOR IN-VEHICLE CAMERA AND POWER CONTROL METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20220283620A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-08

    申请号:US17630285

    申请日:2019-09-02

    摘要: A power control apparatus for an in-vehicle camera includes a temperature sensor which measures the temperature in a camera unit; a temperature data acquisition section which acquires periodically measured temperature data; a predicted temperature calculation section which calculates a temperature gradient from the acquired temperature data group and, based on the temperature gradient, calculates a future predicted camera unit temperature; a power supply section which supplies power to an image processing section; a temperature determination section which determines whether predicted temperature is within an operation guarantee temperature of camera unit component parts; and a power supply control section which, based on a determination result, issues a control command to start or stop power supply to the component parts from the power supply section, the power supply being started or stopped with appropriate timing using the predicted temperature, thereby enabling expeditious protection of the component parts when at high temperature.

    DRIVING SUPPORT DEVICE
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210009135A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-14

    申请号:US16969284

    申请日:2018-04-05

    IPC分类号: B60W30/18 B60W50/14

    摘要: A driving support device wherein an own vehicle and a peripheral vehicle are symbolized, and relative dispositions are displayed in real time in a display unit visible to the driver, is obtained to facilitate a lane change by a driver. The driving support device includes a vehicle detecting unit, which detects peripheral vehicles positioned in a periphery of a vehicle, and an image generating unit, which generates an image representing positions of the vehicle and the peripheral vehicles from vehicle information obtained by the vehicle detecting unit. The image generating unit generates a driving support image including vehicle information representing relative dispositions of the vehicle and the peripheral vehicles using symbols indicating the vehicle and the peripheral vehicles. The image generating unit includes an image stacking unit, which generates original data of the driving support image, and an image control unit, which cuts a necessary portion from the original data.

    LANE SEPARATION LINE DETECTION CORRECTING DEVICE, LANE SEPARATION LINE DETECTION CORRECTING METHOD, AND AUTOMATIC DRIVING SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20200047797A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-13

    申请号:US16656625

    申请日:2019-10-18

    摘要: Provided are a lane separation line detection correcting device/method and an automatic driving system for stabilizing the behavior of a vehicle by correcting overestimated curvature information resulting from an erroneous detection of a curvature of a lane separation line. A travel speed detecting circuit detects, for example, a target travel speed as vehicle sensor information. A maximum curvature estimating circuit estimates, based on the target travel speed, a maximum curvature of a road along which an own vehicle is traveling. A curvature correcting circuit corrects a curvature of a lane separation line input thereto based on the maximum curvature. A control unit controls steering of the own vehicle based on the lane separation line having a corrected curvature. As a result, vehicle steering can be automatically controlled so as to prevent the own vehicle while traveling from departing from a driving lane.

    OTHER VEHICLE BEHAVIOR PREDICTION APPARATUS, OTHER VEHICLE BEHAVIOR PREDICTION METHOD, AND AUTOMATIC DRIVING SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20220289254A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-15

    申请号:US17583572

    申请日:2022-01-25

    IPC分类号: B60W60/00 B60W30/095

    摘要: To provide an other vehicle behavior prediction apparatus, an other vehicle behavior prediction method, and an automatic driving system which can determine the presence absence of the lane change of the other vehicle with good accuracy, regardless of the change of road shape. An other vehicle behavior prediction apparatus, including: a periphery detector that detects other vehicle which exists around an own vehicle; a road shape detector that detects a road shape where the other vehicle is located; and a lane change predictor that predicts presence or absence of a lane change of the other vehicle based on a detection result of the other vehicle, and changes a determination value which is used when predicting the presence or absence of the lane change of the other vehicle, based on the road shape where the other vehicle is located.

    IMAGE SYNTHESIZING DEVICE AND IMAGE SYNTHESIZING METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20200351481A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-11-05

    申请号:US16642588

    申请日:2017-10-13

    摘要: A synthesized image seen looking down from above the vehicle is compiled by connecting the multiple of overhead images, whereby an existence of a three-dimensional object in the vehicle periphery is determined, a correction value is calculated so as to reduce a difference in luminance and coloring in a luminance and coloring correction reference region in which neighboring overhead images overlap, luminance and coloring correction is carried out using the correction value when an amount of change in the luminance and coloring information formed of the correction is less than a predetermined value, and the images wherein luminance and coloring has been corrected are synthesized by connecting into one image, whereby a beautiful display image with a continuous, smooth joint can be obtained.

    LANE SEPARATION LINE DETECTION CORRECTING DEVICE, LANE SEPARATION LINE DETECTION CORRECTING METHOD, AND AUTOMATIC DRIVING SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20200047799A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-13

    申请号:US16656670

    申请日:2019-10-18

    摘要: Provided are a lane separation line detection correcting device/method and an automatic driving system for stabilizing the behavior of a vehicle by correcting overestimated curvature information resulting from an erroneous detection of a curvature of a lane separation line. A travel speed detecting circuit detects, for example, a target travel speed as vehicle sensor information. A maximum curvature estimating circuit estimates, based on the target travel speed, a maximum curvature of a road along which an own vehicle is traveling. A curvature correcting circuit corrects a curvature of a lane separation line input thereto based on the maximum curvature. A control unit controls steering of the own vehicle based on the lane separation line having a corrected curvature. As a result, vehicle steering can be automatically controlled so as to prevent the own vehicle while traveling from departing from a driving lane.

    CONVEYANCE SYSTEM, CONVEYANCE METHOD, AND CONVEYANCE VEHICLE USED IN CONVEYANCE SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20240228163A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-11

    申请号:US18509917

    申请日:2023-11-15

    发明人: Takuya TANIGUCHI

    IPC分类号: B65G1/04 B65G43/08

    摘要: A conveyance system includes: a travel plan generating unit to generate a travel plan of the conveyance vehicle, the travel plan being used to execute conveyance of the trailer from the parking lot to a platform by the conveyance vehicle or conveyance of the trailer from the platform to the parking lot; and an extraneous vehicle determining unit to determine whether or not the extraneous vehicle is present in the site. When the extraneous vehicle determining unit determines that the extraneous vehicle is present in the site, the travel plan generating unit generates the travel plan in which the conveyance vehicle does not obstruct traveling of the extraneous vehicle. In this case, traveling of the extraneous vehicle such as a truck is not obstructed by the conveyance vehicle, so that operation efficiency of the delivery center can be improved.