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Title:
TRAVELING ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2010/032532
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
In order to perform vehicle control, alarm processing, and the like which will not bring uncomfortable feeling to a user in speed adjustment, alarm processing, and the like corresponding to road shapes including a curve, it is necessary to recognize both the near and far road shapes with high precision. A traveling environment recognition device is provided with a measurement unit for measuring a subject, a three-dimensional object detection unit for detecting a three-dimensional object on the basis of a signal acquired by the measurement unit, a road shape prediction unit for predicting the shape of a road on which a vehicle travels, a three-dimensional object selection unit for selecting only a three-dimensional object in a predetermined range from the point of the road predicted by the road shape prediction unit from among the three-dimensional objects detected by the three-dimensional object detection unit, and a road shape estimation unit for estimating the shape of the road on the basis of positional information relating to the three-dimensional object selected by the three-dimensional object selection unit.

Inventors:
HIGUCHI MIRAI (JP)
OTA RYO (JP)
NAKA TAKUYA (JP)
SAKANO MORIHIKO (JP)
MURAMATSU SHOJI (JP)
MONJI TATSUHIKO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2009/062020
Publication Date:
March 25, 2010
Filing Date:
June 24, 2009
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Assignee:
HITACHI LTD (JP)
HIGUCHI MIRAI (JP)
OTA RYO (JP)
NAKA TAKUYA (JP)
SAKANO MORIHIKO (JP)
MURAMATSU SHOJI (JP)
MONJI TATSUHIKO (JP)
International Classes:
G08G1/16; B60R21/00; G06T1/00
Foreign References:
JP2007066047A2007-03-15
JP2007066047A2007-03-15
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
INOUE, MANABU (JP)
Manabu Inoue (JP)
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