JP2019109645A5

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Info

Publication number: JP2019109645A5
Application number: JP2017241415A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2017-12-18
Publication date: 2020-03-05
Anticipated expiration: 2037-12-18

Description

本発明の運転支援装置の一態様は、自車両から他車両を撮像する撮像手段と、前記他車両が所定の距離内を走行しているか否かを判定する車間距離判定手段と、前記撮像手段が撮像した画像に基づいて、前記他車両が、（ａ）車輪が３つ以上であること、及び、（ｂ）単座又は二人乗り用として車両の前後方向に座席を並べた座席配置がされていることを満たす場合、前記他車両を小型運転車両として判別する車両判別手段と、を具備することを特徴とする。 One aspect of the driving support device of the present invention is an imaging unit that images another vehicle from the own vehicle, an inter-vehicle distance determination unit that determines whether the other vehicle is traveling within a predetermined distance, and the imaging unit Based on the image captured by the vehicle, the other vehicle has (a) three or more wheels, and (b) a seat arrangement in which the seats are arranged in the front-rear direction of the vehicle for single-seat or two-seater use. And vehicle discriminating means for discriminating the other vehicle as a small driving vehicle.

Claims

Imaging means for imaging another vehicle from the own vehicle;
An inter-vehicle distance determining means for determining whether the other vehicle is traveling within a predetermined distance,
Based on the image taken by the imaging means, the other vehicle has (a) three or more wheels, and (b) arranges seats in the front-rear direction of the other vehicle for single-seat or two-seater use. And a vehicle discriminating means for discriminating the other vehicle as a small-sized driving vehicle when satisfying that the seat arrangement has been performed.

The vehicle determining means determines whether or not the condition of (b) is satisfied based on whether or not an interval between the pair of rearview mirrors of the other vehicle is equivalent to one person. The driving support device according to claim 1.

(C) when the seat is recognizable from the outside of the other vehicle and further satisfies that the seat has a seatback, the vehicle determining unit determines that the other vehicle is a small driving vehicle. The driving assistance device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein

4. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle discriminating unit discriminates the other vehicle as a small driving vehicle when (d) further satisfies that the seat has a pair of armrests. 5. The driving support device according to any one of the above.

When the vehicle discriminating unit discriminates the other vehicle as the small driving vehicle, based on the image, the other vehicle monitoring unit determines whether the small driving vehicle affects the own vehicle. The driving assistance device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising:

When the small driving vehicle is determined to have an effect on the traveling of the host vehicle, the small driving vehicle further includes a driving control unit that controls an alarm unit to issue an alarm to a driver of the host vehicle. The driving support device according to claim 5, wherein:

When the small driving vehicle is determined to have an influence on the traveling of the own vehicle, a driving control unit that controls a deceleration unit to cause the own vehicle to perform an avoidance action of the small driving vehicle is further provided. The driving assistance device according to claim 5, wherein the driving assistance device is provided.

The driving support device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the predetermined distance is a distance at which the host vehicle can safely stop.

The driving support device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the small driving vehicle is a small electric vehicle.