Title:
VEHICULAR OPERATION SUPPORT APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2017021756
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicular operation support apparatus enabling a driver to recognize a hard-to-recognize spot nearby a vehicle itself using an unmanned flying body, without allowing the driver to be conscious when operating the vehicle itself.SOLUTION: A support apparatus includes: an unmanned flying body 1 provided with an imaging device 7 capable of flying nearby a vehicle itself 39; a display part 37 capable of displaying, for a driver inside the vehicle itself, an image picked up by the imaging device; a detection part 47 (an inside-cabin camera) for detecting a movement of an upper body part of a driver in operation and that of a line of sight of the driver in operation; an estimation part 49 for detecting a gazing direction of the driver on the basis of the movements of the upper body part and the line of sight of the driver, and estimating a spot nearby the vehicle itself where the driver gazes at; and a control part 41 for causing the unmanned flying body to fly so as to image the estimated spot.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Inventors:
IRIKATA SHINGO
NANBA MUNEYOSHI
NANBA MUNEYOSHI
Application Number:
JP2015141355A
Publication Date:
January 26, 2017
Filing Date:
July 15, 2015
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MITSUBISHI MOTORS CORP
International Classes:
G08G1/16; B64C27/08; B64C39/02; B64D47/08; H04N7/18
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2008074275A | 2008-04-03 | |||
| JP2007263931A | 2007-10-11 | |||
| JP2000113398A | 2000-04-21 |
Foreign References:
| WO2012121048A1 | 2012-09-13 | |||
| US20150102154A1 | 2015-04-16 | |||
| US9056676B1 | 2015-06-16 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Shiro Aihara
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