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- the present disclosure relates to a control device mounted on a vehicle.
- the getting-off assistance device described in Patent Document 1 includes an approaching object detection section, a getting-off restriction section, a getting-off operation detection section, a control section, and a plurality of first detection sections.
- the approaching object detection unit is configured to detect an approaching object approaching the vehicle from the rear side.
- the getting-off restricting unit executes a getting-off restricting operation including an alarm operation, which is an operation for issuing an alarm for a door of the vehicle, and/or an opening restricting operation, which is an operation for restricting opening of the door.
- the getting-off motion detection unit is configured to detect a getting-off motion, which is a motion to get off by the occupant of the own vehicle.
- the control unit When the approaching object detection unit detects the approaching object when the exiting operation detection unit detects the exiting operation, the control unit performs the exiting restricting operation for at least the door closest to the approaching object. is executed by the getting-off restriction unit.
- the first detection section is configured to detect an object existing around the vehicle. At least two of the first detection units are also second detection units configured to detect the approaching object approaching the own vehicle from the rear side.
- the control unit Based on the detection result of at least one of the first detection units, the control unit detects a first detection unit in a state in which a shielding object, which is an object that hinders detection of the approaching object, exists behind the own vehicle. It is determined whether or not the state is established when the host vehicle is parked or stopped. When it is determined that the first state is established, the control unit controls the second detection unit preset to be used as the approaching object detection unit in the first state, out of the second detection units. is used as the approaching object detection unit.
- control unit determines that a second state in which the shield does not exist behind the vehicle based on a detection result by at least one of the first detection units is when the vehicle is parked or when the vehicle is parked. It is determined whether or not the condition is satisfied when the vehicle is stopped.
- control unit controls the second detection unit preset to be used as the approaching object detection unit in the second state among the second detection units. It is configured to use the fourth detection section as the approaching object detection section.
- the above-described conventional getting-off assist device detects an approaching object by means of the third detection section, which is an electronic outer mirror, in the first state in which an obstacle exists behind the own vehicle, and detects the approaching object in a second state in which an obstacle does not exist behind the own vehicle.
- the fourth detection unit which is a rear side radar (Patent Document 1, paragraph 0016).
- the electronic outer mirror used in the first state cannot detect an approaching object due to the effects of heavy rain, dense fog, nighttime, backlight, etc. There is a risk that the safety in
- the present disclosure provides a control device that can improve the safety of passengers getting off the vehicle more than before.
- One aspect of the present disclosure is a control device mounted on a vehicle, wherein the vehicle is controlled based on a detection result of at least one of an occupant sensor that detects an operation of an occupant of the vehicle and a vehicle sensor that detects a state of the vehicle.
- a caution level estimating unit for estimating the degree of caution of the occupant with respect to an approaching object, and a door mounted on the vehicle when the caution level estimated by the caution level estimating unit is lower than a predetermined threshold
- a control device comprising: a getting-off restricting unit that causes at least one of an opening/closing device, an audio output device, and an image display device to perform a getting-off restricting operation.
- the present disclosure by causing at least one of the door opening/closing device, the audio output device, and the image display device to perform a getting-off restriction operation in response to a decrease in the attention level of the occupant, the safety of the occupant when getting off the vehicle is improved more than before. It is possible to provide a control device capable of improving
- FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an embodiment of a control device according to the present disclosure
- FIG. FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an example of an approaching object approaching a vehicle equipped with the control device of FIG. 1
- FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control device in FIG. 1;
- FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing one embodiment of a control device according to the present disclosure.
- the control device 10 of the present embodiment is an electronic control unit (ECU) mounted in a vehicle 1 such as a gasoline vehicle, a diesel vehicle, a natural gas vehicle, a hybrid vehicle, an electric vehicle, a fuel cell vehicle, or a hydrogen engine vehicle. is. Although illustration is omitted, the control device 10 is composed of one or more microcontrollers including an input/output unit, a central processing unit (CPU), a memory, and a timer, for example.
- a vehicle 1 such as a gasoline vehicle, a diesel vehicle, a natural gas vehicle, a hybrid vehicle, an electric vehicle, a fuel cell vehicle, or a hydrogen engine vehicle.
- the control device 10 is composed of one or more microcontrollers including an input/output unit, a central processing unit (CPU), a memory, and a timer, for example.
- a vehicle 1 is equipped with, for example, an external sensor 2, an occupant sensor 3, a vehicle sensor 4, a car navigation system (CNS) 5, a door opening/closing device 6, an audio output device 7, and an image display device 8. ing.
- the vehicle 1 includes a drive system, a steering system, a braking system, and a control system for running, turning, decelerating, and stopping the vehicle 1 .
- the external sensor 2 includes, for example, a millimeter wave radar, a monocular camera, a stereo camera, LiDAR, an ultrasonic sensor, a road-to-vehicle communication device, a vehicle-to-vehicle communication device, an illuminance sensor, a raindrop sensor, a humidity sensor, and the like.
- the external sensor 2 detects objects around the vehicle 1 including, for example, roads, white lines, signs, traffic lights, vehicles, pedestrians, and obstacles, and the surrounding environment including illuminance, rainfall, humidity, and visibility of obstacles. and output to the control device 10 .
- the occupant sensors 3 include, for example, seating sensors, motion capture systems, eye trackers, face authentication systems, voice recognition systems, seatbelt sensors, and the like.
- the occupant sensor 3 detects, for example, the preparatory movement of the occupant of the vehicle 1 when getting off the vehicle, the age of the occupant, and the like, and outputs the detection results to the control device 10 .
- Preliminary actions for exiting the vehicle detected by the occupant sensor 3 include, for example, movement of the line of sight and body toward the door, utterances related to exiting by the occupant, and unfastening and unfastening of the seatbelt.
- the vehicle sensors 4 include various sensors that detect the state of the vehicle, such as wheel speed sensors, acceleration sensors, and shift position sensors. Detects vehicle conditions including abnormalities. Abnormalities in the vehicle 1 detected by the vehicle sensor 4 include, for example, abnormalities in tire air pressure, fuel level, engine, ABS (Anti-Lock Brake System), airbags, brakes, oil pressure, battery, water temperature, and the like.
- ABS Anti-Lock Brake System
- the vehicle sensor 4 includes, for example, a door lever sensor, a door switch, a touch sensor, and the like, and detects the operation of the passenger to operate the door lever and the door switch, and the exiting operation including contact between the passenger's hand and the door lever or the door switch. To detect.
- the vehicle sensor 4 outputs the detected vehicle state and exit operation to the control device 10 .
- the CNS 5 includes, for example, a map information storage device, a route calculation device, a vehicle-to-vehicle communication device, a road-to-vehicle communication device, and a global positioning system (GNSS) receiver. Moreover, CNS5 is equipped with the input device for the passenger
- GNSS global positioning system
- the door opening/closing device 6 includes, for example, one or more actuators and a power transmission mechanism, and based on a control signal input from the control device 10, the door opening/closing device 6 of the vehicle 1 is operated by a hinge type door, a sliding door, or other opening/closing method. To automatically unlock, open, close and lock a door.
- the audio output device 7 is, for example, a speaker provided in the passenger compartment of the vehicle 1 and outputs warning sounds and voice guidance based on control signals input from the control device 10 .
- the image display device 8 is, for example, a liquid crystal display device, an organic EL display device, or a head-up display, and displays images based on control signals input from the control device 10 .
- the image display device 8 may include an input device such as a touch panel or an operation button, for example.
- a passenger of the vehicle 1 can input information such as a destination to the CNS 5 via the input device of the image display device 8, for example.
- the control device 10 of the present embodiment is mounted on the vehicle 1 and functions as a getting-off assist device that assists the occupants of the vehicle 1 to get off.
- the control device 10 includes an attention level estimation unit 11 and a getting-off restriction unit 12 . Further, the control device 10 includes, for example, an approaching object detection unit 13, an exit motion detection unit 14, an occupant behavior detection unit 15, a vehicle state detection unit 16, an exit environment detection unit 17, an arrival prediction unit 18, At least one of the operation determination unit 19 can be provided.
- Each part of the control device 10 shown in FIG. 1 is a functional block showing functions of the control device 10 realized by executing a program stored in a memory forming the control device 10 by a CPU forming the control device 10, for example. is.
- Each function of control device 10 other than alertness estimation unit 11 and getting-off restriction unit 12 may be realized by an ECU or a microcontroller separate from control device 10, for example.
- FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a state in which the vehicle 1 equipped with the control device 10 stops on the roadside.
- FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control device 10. As shown in FIG. For example, when the activation switch of vehicle 1 is turned on, control device 10 repeatedly executes the processing flow shown in FIG. 3 at a predetermined cycle.
- the control device 10 When the processing flow shown in FIG. 3 is started, the control device 10 first executes processing P1 for determining whether the vehicle 1 is stopped. In this process P1, the vehicle state detection unit 16 of the control device 10 determines whether or not the vehicle 1 is stopped based on detection results input from, for example, a wheel speed sensor and an acceleration sensor included in the vehicle sensor 4. do.
- the vehicle state detection unit 16 determines that the speed of the vehicle 1 estimated based on the rotational speed of the wheels of the vehicle 1, which is the detection result of the wheel speed sensor, is the first threshold value for determining whether the vehicle is stopped. If the value is lower than the value, it is determined that the vehicle 1 is stopped. Moreover, the vehicle state detection unit 16 may determine that the vehicle 1 is stopped based on the detection result of the shift position sensor included in the vehicle sensor 4, for example. In addition, the vehicle state detection unit 16 detects, for example, stoppage time, which is the time during which the vehicle 1 is stopped.
- the control device 10 executes process P2 to determine whether the vehicle 1 is about to stop.
- the vehicle state detection unit 16 detects, for example, when the speed of the vehicle 1 falls below a second threshold value higher than the first threshold value for stop determination, the vehicle 1 It is determined that the vehicle is about to stop.
- the vehicle state detection unit 16 detects whether the vehicle 1 is on the basis of, for example, traffic signals, road signs, and road markings detected by the external sensor 2, or map information of the travel route of the vehicle 1 input from the CNS 5. You may determine that it is just before a stop. In process P2, when the vehicle state detection unit 16 determines that the vehicle is not about to stop (NO), the control device 10 terminates the process flow shown in FIG.
- the control device 10 executes the process P3 for detecting the getting-off environment.
- the control device 10 detects the getting-off environment by the getting-off environment detection unit 17, for example.
- the getting-off environment includes, for example, the illuminance and weather around the vehicle 1, the state of the vehicle 1 waiting for a traffic light, traffic conditions around the vehicle 1 including congestion, point information regarding the stop position of the vehicle 1, and the like.
- the getting-off environment detection unit 17 detects the illuminance around the vehicle 1, for example, based on the detection result of the external sensor 2 such as an illuminance sensor. In addition, the getting-off environment detection unit 17 detects fine, cloudy, rain, snow, and fog depending on the detection result of the external sensor 2 such as a raindrop sensor, a monocular camera, and a stereo camera, and the operation state of the wipers and fog lamps of the vehicle 1, for example. For example, the weather around the vehicle 1 is estimated.
- the external sensor 2 such as an illuminance sensor.
- the getting-off environment detection unit 17 detects fine, cloudy, rain, snow, and fog depending on the detection result of the external sensor 2 such as a raindrop sensor, a monocular camera, and a stereo camera, and the operation state of the wipers and fog lamps of the vehicle 1, for example.
- the weather around the vehicle 1 is estimated.
- the getting-off environment detection unit 17 estimates the visibility of the approaching object O based on the detection result of the external sensor 2 or the weather information received by the receiver mounted on the vehicle 1, for example. In addition, the getting-off environment detection unit 17 recognizes the display of the traffic signal in front of the vehicle 1 and waits for the signal of the vehicle 1, for example, based on the detection result of the external sensor 2 that detects objects around the vehicle 1 or the road-to-vehicle communication. , and the traffic conditions around the vehicle 1 are detected.
- the getting-off environment detection unit 17 detects point information of the stopping position of the vehicle 1, such as a parking lot, a rotary in front of a station, a shoulder of a road, or on a road.
- the accurate point information based on the high precision three-dimensional map information of CNS5 may be sufficient as the point information of the stop position of the vehicle 1.
- the control device 10 executes the process P4 of determining whether or not the occupant is getting off the vehicle.
- the getting-off motion detection unit 14 of the control device 10 detects the getting-off motion of the occupant of the vehicle 1 based on the detection result of the occupant sensor 3 or the vehicle sensor 4, for example.
- the alighting action is, for example, an action that the occupant of the vehicle 1 takes before getting off the vehicle.
- Alighting actions include, for example, a preliminary motion for getting off and an operation for getting off.
- Preliminary actions for getting off include keywords and greetings such as unfastening of seat belts by the occupants of the vehicle 1, movement of eyes when the occupants open the doors, weight shifts or body movements, and "Get off" uttered by the occupants when getting off the vehicle.
- the operation to get off includes, for example, the passenger's hand touching or operating a door switch or door lever.
- Such an exiting motion is detected by the occupant sensor 3 or the vehicle sensor 4, and the exiting motion detection unit 14 determines whether or not there is an exiting motion based on the detection result of at least one of the occupant sensor 3 or the vehicle sensor 4.
- the alighting motion detection unit 14 can predict the passenger's alighting more quickly. Further, the getting-off motion detection unit 14 predicts, for example, the time until the occupant of the vehicle 1 gets off or the time until the door of the vehicle 1 is opened, based on the detected getting-off motion, and the predicted time is Output to the estimation unit 11 and the arrival prediction unit 18 .
- processing P4 when the getting-off environment detection unit 17 determines that the passenger does not get off the vehicle (NO), the control device 10 ends the processing flow shown in FIG. On the other hand, when the getting-off environment detection unit 17 determines that there is an operation of getting off the vehicle (YES) in the process P4, the control device 10 executes the process P5 of determining the presence or absence of the approaching object O.
- FIG. 1 When the getting-off environment detection unit 17 determines that the passenger does not get off the vehicle (NO), the control device 10 ends the processing flow shown in FIG.
- the getting-off environment detection unit 17 determines that there is an operation of getting off the vehicle (YES) in the process P4
- the control device 10 executes the process P5 of determining the presence or absence of the approaching object O.
- the control device 10 determines the presence or absence of the approaching object O by the approaching object detection unit 13, for example.
- the approaching object detection unit 13 detects an approaching object O approaching the vehicle 1 based on the detection result of the external sensor 2 that detects objects around the vehicle 1, for example. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, the approaching object detection unit 13 detects an object approaching the drop-off area A of the vehicle 1 from the rear side of the stopped vehicle 1 based on the detection result of the external sensor 2. is detected as an approaching object O.
- the rear side means, for example, the left and right sides behind the vehicle 1 .
- the alighting area A is, for example, an area where the doors of the vehicle 1 open and close, and an area where the occupant of the vehicle 1 gets in and out of the vehicle 1, and is set on the left, right, or around the vehicle 1 according to the structure and position of the doors. be.
- the drop-off area A can be set adjacent to each door of the vehicle 1, for example.
- the approaching object detection unit 13 detects the approaching object O by, for example, calculating the position, speed, and moving direction of an object around the vehicle 1 based on the detection result of the external sensor 2 .
- Objects detected as approaching objects O by the approaching object detection unit 13 include, for example, vehicles including automobiles, motorcycles, and bicycles, as well as moving objects other than vehicles such as pedestrians and animals.
- the approaching object detection unit 13 detects objects approaching the drop-off area A with an arrival margin time, which is the time required to reach the drop-off area A, shorter than a predetermined time threshold as an approaching object O may be detected as The time to arrival can be calculated in the same manner as the time to collision (TTC).
- TTC time to collision
- the approaching object detection unit 13 outputs approaching object information such as the position, speed, predicted course, and marginal arrival time for each drop-off area A of the approaching object O to the arrival prediction unit 18 .
- the control device 10 executes the process P6 of determining the degree of caution of the occupant of the vehicle 1 .
- the occupant behavior detection unit 15 of the control device 10 determines the type of the occupant getting off the vehicle 1 or at least the distraction behavior when the occupant's attention level is lowered based on the detection result of the occupant sensor 3. Detect one.
- the occupant behavior detection unit 15 estimates the age of the occupant whose exit motion is detected based on the detection result of the occupant sensor 3 such as a face authentication system or an in-vehicle camera. Also, the occupant behavior detection unit 15 classifies the occupant whose exit motion is detected into age categories such as infant, child, minor, adult, and elderly based on the estimated age. The occupant behavior detection unit 15 outputs, for example, the estimated age or age group to the attention level estimation unit 11 as the type of alighting occupant. In addition, the occupant behavior detection unit 15 detects the type of the occupant exiting the vehicle, such as the driver or fellow passenger, based on the seating position of each occupant detected by the occupant sensor 3 or the vehicle sensor 4, for example. It is output to the degree-of-attention estimation unit 11 as the type.
- the occupant behavior detection unit 15 detects the distraction behavior when the occupant of the vehicle 1 becomes less careful, based on the detection result of at least one of the occupant sensor 3 and the vehicle sensor 4, for example.
- the distractive behavior includes, for example, the lack of safety confirmation of the passenger getting off the vehicle 1 and the getting off action during conversation between the passengers. More specifically, the occupant behavior detection unit 15 detects, for example, that the occupant's face or line of sight is not facing the mirror of the vehicle 1 or the rear side of the vehicle 1 immediately before or during the operation of getting off the vehicle. Insufficient confirmation of the safety of the occupant is detected, and the detection result is output to the attention level estimation unit 11.
- the occupant behavior detection unit 15 also recognizes the movement of each occupant of the vehicle 1 to get off the vehicle and whether they are speaking or not, detects the movement of getting off the vehicle during conversation between the occupants, and sends the detection result to the attention level estimation unit 11. Output.
- the alertness estimation unit 11 detects an approaching object O approaching the vehicle 1 based on the detection result of at least one of the occupant sensor 3 that detects the motion of the occupant of the vehicle 1 and the vehicle sensor 4 that detects the state of the vehicle 1, for example. Estimates the degree of attention of the occupants to In the processing P6, although it is determined that there is no approaching object O in the previous processing P5, the degree of caution estimation unit 11, for example, similarly to the case where it is determined that there is an approaching object O in the previous processing P5, The degree of attention of the occupant to the object O is estimated.
- the attention level estimation unit 11 detects information input from at least one of the exit operation detection unit 14, the occupant behavior detection unit 15, the vehicle state detection unit 16, and the exit environment detection unit 17. Based on this, the occupant's degree of attention to the approaching object O is estimated.
- the alertness estimation unit 11 receives, for example, the alighting motion of the occupant as described above from the alighting motion detection unit 14, and at least one of the type of alighting occupant and the distraction behavior as described above from the occupant behavior detection unit 15. .
- the information input from the vehicle state detection unit 16 to the attention level estimation unit 11 includes the following information detected by the vehicle state detection unit 16. Based on the detection result of the vehicle sensor 4, for example, the vehicle state detection unit 16 determines whether the vehicle 1 is about to stop, whether the vehicle 1 is currently stopped, the elapsed time after the vehicle 1 has stopped, and the shift of the vehicle 1. A position, an abnormality of the vehicle 1, and the like are detected and output to the attention level estimation unit 11.
- FIG. Abnormalities of the vehicle 1 detected by the vehicle state detection unit 16 include, for example, abnormalities related to tire air pressure, remaining amount of gasoline, oil pressure, battery, cooling water, etc., collision between the vehicle 1 and an obstacle, and collision mitigation braking (AEB). Including emergency stops due to the operation of
- the information input from the getting-off environment detection unit 17 to the caution level estimation unit 11 includes the getting-off environment detected by the getting-off environment detection unit 17 .
- the getting-off environment detection unit 17 detects the getting-off environment, for example, based on information input from at least one of the external sensor 2, the vehicle sensor 4, and the CNS 5, as described above.
- the getting-off environment includes, for example, the illuminance and weather around the vehicle 1, the state of the vehicle 1 waiting for a traffic light, the traffic conditions around the vehicle 1 including traffic jams, and point information regarding the position where the vehicle 1 stops. .
- the caution level estimation unit 11 detects a dismounting motion immediately before the vehicle 1 stops, or if the time from when the vehicle 1 stops to when the dismounting motion is detected is shorter than a predetermined threshold value, The degree of attention of the occupant to the approaching object O is estimated to be low. Further, the attention level estimation unit 11 estimates the attention level of the occupant to the approaching object O based on the detection result of the occupant's age or age group or distractive behavior by the occupant behavior detection unit 15, for example. More specifically, the attention level estimation unit 11 determines that the age category of the occupant whose dismounting motion is detected is infant or child, and the attention level to the surroundings of the vehicle 1 is lowered due to movement around the vehicle 1, for example. is detected, the attention level of the occupant to the approaching object O is estimated to be low.
- the caution degree estimation unit 11 estimating the degree of caution of the occupant to be low means, for example, setting the degree of caution of the occupant to a lower level or numerical value. More specifically, the degree of caution of the passenger can be represented by levels such as high, medium, and low, and numerical values from 0 to 100, for example.
- the attention level estimation unit 11 sets the attention level of each passenger to a predetermined initial value while the vehicle 1 is running, and the conditions for estimating the attention level to be low as described above while the vehicle 1 is stopped or just before the vehicle stops. reduces the attention level of the occupants who satisfy
- the degree of caution estimation unit 11 for example, when the occupant whose exit motion is detected does not look at the room mirror, the side mirror, or the rear side of the vehicle 1, the safety check for the approaching object O is insufficient. In addition, the degree of caution of the occupant is estimated to be low.
- the attention level estimation unit 11 is designed to alert the occupant to the approaching object O. Underestimate degree. In such a situation, the passenger getting off the vehicle 1 rushes to get off before the traffic signal display turns green (passage permitted), so the passenger's attention to the approaching object O is estimated to be low.
- the attention level estimation unit 11 estimates the attention level of the occupant to the approaching object O to be low. In such a situation, the occupant getting off the vehicle 1 hurries to get off before the temporarily stopped vehicle 1 moves forward. underestimate the attention of
- the attention level estimation unit 11 is more sensitive to the approaching object O than when the vehicle state detection unit 16 does not detect an abnormality in the vehicle 1.
- Abnormalities in the vehicle 1 detected by the vehicle state detection unit 16 include abnormalities in tire air pressure, remaining amount of fuel, engine, ABS, airbags, brakes, oil pressure, battery, water temperature, etc. of the vehicle 1 detected by the vehicle sensor 4. include. This is because when such an abnormality of the vehicle 1, for example, a decrease in tire air pressure, is detected, the attention of the driver of the vehicle 1 is directed to the location of the abnormality such as the tire, and attention to the approaching object O is reduced.
- the caution level estimation unit 11 increases the occupant's attention to the approaching object O more than when contact is not detected. Underestimate degree. This is because, when the contact between the vehicle 1 and another vehicle or object is detected, the occupant of the vehicle 1 pays attention to the contacting vehicle or object or the contact point of the vehicle 1, and attention to the approaching object O decreases. It is for
- the caution level estimation unit 11 is more likely to detect the approaching object than when the activation of the AEB and the rapid deceleration of the vehicle 1 are not detected.
- the occupant's degree of attention to O is estimated to be low. Even when the AEB of the vehicle 1 is activated or when the vehicle 1 suddenly decelerates, the occupant of the vehicle 1 pays attention to other vehicles or objects that have caused the vehicle 1 to come into contact with them, and pays attention to the approaching object O. This is because the
- the vehicle state detection unit 16 detects AEB operation, sudden deceleration, and contact between the vehicle 1 and other vehicles or objects based on the detection results of the vehicle sensor 4, for example.
- Vehicle state detection unit 16 detects, for example, a deceleration of about 0.4 [G] to 0.6 [G], which is higher than normal deceleration of vehicle 1, as sudden deceleration.
- the vehicle state detection unit 16 may detect the operation of the AEB, for example, when deceleration of 0.6 [G] or more, which is higher than the deceleration of the driver of the vehicle 1, is detected.
- the vehicle state detection unit 16 may detect contact or collision between the vehicle 1 and another vehicle or object when deceleration higher than the deceleration for detecting the operation of the AEB is detected.
- the attention level estimation unit 11 estimates the passenger's attention level to the approaching object O to be lower as the illuminance around the vehicle 1 detected by the getting-off environment detection unit 17 is lower.
- the attention level estimation unit 11 estimates the passenger's attention level to the approaching object O to be lower as the visibility of obstacles around the vehicle 1 estimated by the getting-off environment detection unit 17 is shorter.
- Such a decrease in illuminance and visibility around the vehicle 1 is caused by, for example, alighting environments such as nighttime, cloudy weather, rain, snow, and fog.
- the occupant's degree of attention to O is estimated to be low.
- the attention level estimation unit 11 estimates the occupant's attention level to the approaching object O to be low, for example, when the getting-off environment detection unit 17 detects a strong wind with a predetermined wind speed or higher outside the vehicle 1 . This is because opening and closing of the door of the vehicle 1 and getting off of the passenger are affected by the strong wind, and the attention of the passenger is directed to the door and the getting off area A, and attention to the approaching object O is reduced.
- the attention level estimation unit 11 estimates the passenger's attention level to the approaching object O to be lower as the difficulty level of getting off determined by the getting-off environment detection unit 17 is higher.
- the getting-off environment detection unit 17 detects the stop position of the vehicle 1 based on the output of the CNS 5 mounted on the vehicle 1, and determines the getting-off difficulty level based on the stop position.
- the getting-off difficulty level determined by the getting-off environment detection unit 17 is, for example, the lowest in a parking lot, and increases in the order of a rotary in front of a station, a shoulder of a road, a road, and a highway. This is because getting off the vehicle on the shoulder of the expressway or on the expressway involves danger from other vehicles traveling at high speed.
- the attention level estimation unit 11 outputs the estimated attention level of the passenger to the operation determination unit 19 .
- the operation determination section 19 determines that the degree of caution of the occupant is not low (NO). do. In this case, the control device 10 terminates the processing flow shown in FIG.
- the control device 10 executes the alerting process P7 as restriction on getting off.
- the actuation judgment unit 19 judges the content of the attention calling action based on the level or numerical value of the degree of caution of the occupant input from the degree-of-attention estimation unit 11. More specifically, the operation determination unit 19 determines, for example, the contents of the alerting operation by at least one of the audio output device 7 and the image display device 8 .
- the attention-calling action by the audio output device 7 includes, for example, the output of a warning sound or voice calling attention to the approaching object O.
- the attention calling operation by the image display device 8 includes the display of images and characters calling attention to the approaching object O.
- the alert action may include, for example, vibration of the steering wheel or seat of the vehicle 1 by a vibration generator (not shown).
- the operation determination unit 19 for example, according to the level of caution of the occupant input from the caution degree estimation unit 11 or the magnitude of the numerical value, the warning sound or voice output by the audio output device 7, and the display by the image display device 8 Decide which image or text to use. More specifically, when the level or numerical value of the degree of caution of the occupant is lower than a predetermined level or numerical value, the operation determination unit 19 determines, for example, warning sound or voice, image or character size, output time, Select the warning action that maximizes the output frequency.
- the operation determination unit 19 determines the door opening restriction by the door opening/closing device 6 as the attention calling operation.
- the operation determination unit 19 outputs the determined or selected alerting operation to the getting-off restriction unit 12 .
- the getting-off restricting unit 12 outputs a control signal for realizing the warning operation as the getting-off restriction input from the operation determining unit 19 to the door opening/closing device 6, the voice output device 7, and the image display device. output to at least one of 8.
- the control device 10 terminates the processing flow shown in FIG.
- the control device 10 executes the process P8 of predicting exit conditions.
- the arrival prediction unit 18 of the control device 10 predicts the exit condition based on the exit motion of the occupant of the vehicle 1 input from the exit motion detection unit 14, for example.
- the getting-off conditions include, for example, a getting-off area A where the occupants of the vehicle 1 get off, and a getting-off time when the door of the vehicle 1 is open or the occupant is present in the getting-off area A.
- the control device 10 executes a process P9 of calculating an arrival certainty after the process P8 of predicting the getting-off condition is finished.
- the arrival prediction unit 18 of the control device 10 for example, based on the exit condition predicted in the previous process P8 and the approaching object information input from the approaching object detection unit 13, The arrival of an approaching object O to an area A is predicted.
- the arrival prediction unit 18 calculates the degree of certainty that the approaching object O will reach the predicted drop-off area A at the predicted drop-off time based on the drop-off condition and the approaching object information. For example, if the approaching object O passes through the predicted drop-off area A by the predicted drop-off time, or if the approaching object O is a predetermined distance away from the drop-off area A at the predicted drop-off time, The arrival certainty calculated by the prediction unit 18 becomes low.
- the arrival prediction unit 18 when the approaching object O is predicted to reach the predicted drop-off area A at the predicted drop-off time, or when the approaching object O approaches the drop-off area A at the predicted drop-off time by less than a predetermined distance.
- the arrival certainty calculated by the arrival prediction unit 18 will be high.
- the arrival certainty calculated by the arrival prediction unit 18 is low.
- the arrival certainty is an index representing the possibility that the approaching object O will reach the predicted drop-off area A at the predicted drop-off time.
- the possibility of reaching the drop-off area A is lowered.
- the arrival certainty factor can be increased as the number of times the approaching object O is detected increases.
- the arrival reliability is, for example, when the detection of the approaching object O is repeated at a predetermined cycle, the number of times that the estimated arrival margin time of the approaching object O to the drop-off area A continues below a predetermined value. can be higher as .
- the arrival certainty can be increased when a plurality of sensors of the external sensor 2 are detecting the approaching object O, and when only one sensor of the external sensor 2 is detecting the approaching object O can be lowered.
- the arrival prediction unit 18 may calculate a getting-off certainty, which is an index of the possibility that the occupant of the vehicle 1 will get off, according to the getting-off motion input from the getting-off motion detection unit 14, for example.
- a getting-off certainty which is an index of the possibility that the occupant of the vehicle 1 will get off
- the getting-off operation input to the arrival prediction unit 18 is a getting-off operation that directly leads to getting off, such as the operation of a door switch or door lever by a passenger
- the getting-off certainty calculated by the arrival prediction unit 18 increases.
- the dismounting motion input to the arrival prediction unit 18 is a preliminary disembarkation motion that is not directly related to disembarkation, such as the occupant's line of sight movement, weight shift, or body movement, the disembarkation certainty calculated by the arrival prediction unit 18 is lower.
- This process P10 is similar to the above-described process P6, but the approaching object O is detected by the approaching object detection unit 13 in the above-described process P5. Therefore, the occupant's degree of attention to the approaching object O is set lower than in the processing P6 when the approaching object O is not detected in the above-described processing P5.
- the attention level estimation unit 11 estimates the passenger's attention level to the approaching object O to be lower as the arrival margin time calculated by the approaching object detection unit 13 is shorter.
- the attention level estimation unit 11 outputs the estimated occupant's attention level to the operation determination unit 19 in the same manner as in the above-described process P6.
- the operation determination section 19 determines that the degree of caution of the occupant is low (YES). do.
- the control device 10 executes the process P11 of reducing the threshold value X of the degree of arrival certainty, and then executes the process P12 of determining the degree of arrival certainty.
- the operation determination unit 19 reduces the threshold value X of the arrival reliability used in the determination process P12 of the arrival reliability according to the degree of caution of the occupant input from the caution degree estimation unit 11. That is, the lower the occupant's degree of attention to the approaching object O, the smaller the threshold X of the arrival certainty. It should be noted that the attention level of the occupant to the approaching object O is estimated to be lower in the process P10 described above, as in the process P6 described above, for example, as more conditions for estimating the attention level of the occupant to be low are satisfied. .
- the operation determination section 19 determines whether the degree of caution of the passenger is not low (NO). In this case, the control device 10 executes the process P12 of determining the degree of arrival reliability without executing the process P11 of reducing the threshold X of the degree of reliability of arrival. Therefore, the arrival certainty threshold X does not decrease from the initial value.
- the operation determination unit 19 determines whether the reaching reliability calculated in the above-described process P9 is equal to or greater than the threshold value X, for example. In this process P12, when the operation determination unit 19 determines that the arrival certainty is less than the threshold value X (NO), it executes the attention calling process P7 and ends the process flow shown in FIG. On the other hand, in this process P12, when the operation determination unit 19 determines that the degree of reliability of arrival is equal to or greater than the threshold value X (YES), it executes the door opening restriction process P13 as restriction on getting off. Note that the threshold value X of the degree of arrival certainty may be different between the case of determining execution of door opening restriction and the case of determining execution of attention calling.
- the operation determination unit 19 determines the content of the door-opening restriction operation as the getting-off restriction based on the level or numerical value of the degree of caution of the occupant input from the attention degree estimation unit 11. More specifically, the operation determination unit 19 determines, for example, the door opening restriction operation by the door opening/closing device 6 . The operation determination unit 19 determines the door opening restriction operation according to, for example, the degree of arrival certainty that the approaching object O will reach the drop-off area A and the arrival margin time.
- the operation determination unit 19 performs the first door opening restricting operation to keep the door of the vehicle 1 closed by the door opening/closing device 6 regardless of the operation of the door switch or door lever by the occupant of the vehicle 1, for example. decide.
- This first door-opening restricting action includes, for example, an alerting action by at least one of the audio output device 7 and the image display device 8 .
- the arrival certainty is lower than the first threshold and higher than the second threshold, or the marginal arrival time is longer than the first threshold and is higher than the second threshold.
- the operation determination unit 19 delays the opening of the door of the vehicle 1 by the door opening/closing device 6, or delays the opening of the door of the vehicle 1 by the door opening/closing device 6.
- a second door opening restriction operation for stopping the door halfway is determined.
- the door opening delay time may be varied according to, for example, the degree of certainty of arrival, the time to spare for arrival, or the degree of caution of the occupant.
- the second door-opening restriction operation may include an alerting operation by at least one of the audio output device 7 and the image display device 8 .
- the operation determination unit 19 determines, for example, the third getting-off restricting operation of calling attention by at least one of the audio output device 7 and the image display device 8 .
- the alerting by the audio output device 7 includes, for example, the output of a warning sound or voice calling attention to the approaching object O.
- FIG. Further, the attention calling action by the image display device 8 includes displaying an image or text calling attention to the approaching object O.
- the operation determination unit 19 further outputs the door opening restriction operation as the determined getting-off restriction to the getting-off restriction unit 12 .
- the getting-off restriction unit 12 sends a control signal for realizing the door-opening restriction operation as the getting-off restriction input from the operation determination unit 19 to at least one of the door opening/closing device 6, the audio output device 7, and the image display device 8. output.
- the door opening restriction operation selected or determined by the operation determination unit 19 is executed by at least one of the door opening/closing device 6 , the audio output device 7 and the image display device 8 .
- the control device 10 terminates the processing flow shown in FIG. 3 and repeats it at a predetermined cycle.
- the control device 10 of the present embodiment is mounted on the vehicle 1 and includes the attention level estimation section 11 and the getting-off restriction section 12 .
- the attention level estimation unit 11 detects the occupant's attention to an approaching object O approaching the vehicle 1 based on the detection result of at least one of the occupant sensor 3 that detects the motion of the occupant of the vehicle 1 and the vehicle sensor 4 that detects the state of the vehicle 1. Estimate attention.
- the getting-off restriction section 12 disables the door opening/closing device 6, the audio output device 7, and the image display device 8 mounted on the vehicle 1. at least one of to execute the get-off restriction operation.
- the control device 10 of the present embodiment can use the caution level estimation unit 11 to estimate the caution level of the occupant getting off the vehicle 1 with respect to the approaching object O. Therefore, for example, even if the vehicle sensor 4 cannot detect the approaching object O due to the effects of heavy rain, dense fog, nighttime, backlight, etc., the door opening/closing device 6 and the voice output device can be operated in accordance with the decrease in the degree of attention of the occupant. 7. At least one of the image display devices 8 can be caused to perform a get-off restriction operation. As a result, the occupant of the vehicle 1 is prevented from getting off carelessly, and the occupant can be prevented from coming into contact with the approaching object O when getting off the vehicle 1.
- the occupant of the vehicle 1 is prevented from opening the door carelessly, and contact between the door of the vehicle 1 and the approaching object O can also be prevented. Therefore, according to the control device 10 of the present embodiment, it is possible to improve the safety of the occupant of the vehicle 1 at the time of getting off compared with the conventional one.
- control device 10 of the present embodiment includes a vehicle state detection unit 16 that detects stoppage of the vehicle 1 based on the detection result of the vehicle sensor 4, A getting-off operation detection unit 14 for detecting an operation is further provided. Then, the attention level estimation unit 11 estimates the driver's attention level to be lower as the time from when the vehicle state detection unit 16 detects that the vehicle 1 has stopped to when the getting-off operation detection unit 14 detects the getting-off operation is shorter. .
- the attention level estimation unit 11 can detect the occupant's attention. Underestimate degree. As a result, the caution level of the occupant estimated by the caution level estimating section 11 is likely to fall below the threshold for the getting-off restricting section 12 to determine the execution of the getting-off restricting operation. As a result, in situations such as those described above where the safety of passengers getting off the vehicle 1 is likely to be lowered, at least one of the door opening/closing device 6, the audio output device 7, and the image display device 8 mounted on the vehicle 1 restricts getting off. can be made easier to execute.
- control device 10 of the present embodiment includes an alighting environment detection unit 17 that recognizes the display of a traffic signal based on the detection result of the external sensor 2 that detects objects around the vehicle 1, and a detection result of the vehicle sensor 4. and a vehicle state detection unit 16 that detects the shift position of the transmission of the vehicle 1 based on the vehicle state detection unit 16 .
- the attention level estimation unit 11 estimates the attention level of the occupant based on the recognition result of the display of the traffic signal by the getting-off environment detection unit 17 and the detection result of the shift position by the vehicle state detection unit 16 .
- the attention level estimation unit 11 can estimate the driver's attention level to be low.
- the caution level of the occupant estimated by the caution level estimating section 11 is likely to fall below the threshold for the getting-off restricting section 12 to determine the execution of the getting-off restricting operation.
- at least one of the door opening/closing device 6, the audio output device 7, and the image display device 8 mounted on the vehicle 1 restricts getting off. can be made easier to execute.
- control device 10 of this embodiment further includes a vehicle state detection section 16 that detects an abnormality of the vehicle 1 based on the detection result of the vehicle sensor 4 . Then, when the vehicle state detection unit 16 detects an abnormality in the vehicle 1, the attention level estimation unit 11 estimates that the degree of caution of the occupant is lower than when the vehicle state detection unit 16 does not detect an abnormality in the vehicle 1. .
- the attention level estimation unit 11 can estimate the driver's attention level to be low.
- the caution level of the occupant estimated by the caution level estimating section 11 is likely to fall below the threshold for the getting-off restricting section 12 to determine the execution of the getting-off restricting operation.
- at least one of the door opening/closing device 6, the audio output device 7, and the image display device 8 mounted on the vehicle 1 restricts getting off. can be made easier to execute.
- control device 10 of this embodiment further includes a vehicle state detection section 16 that detects sudden deceleration of the vehicle 1 based on the detection result of the vehicle sensor 4 . Then, when the vehicle state detection unit 16 detects sudden deceleration of the vehicle 1, the attention degree estimation unit 11 lowers the degree of caution of the occupant than when the vehicle state detection unit 16 does not detect sudden deceleration of the vehicle 1. presume.
- the attention level estimation unit 11 can estimate the driver's attention level to be low.
- the caution level of the occupant estimated by the caution level estimating section 11 is likely to fall below the threshold for the getting-off restricting section 12 to determine the execution of the getting-off restricting operation.
- at least one of the door opening/closing device 6, the audio output device 7, and the image display device 8 mounted on the vehicle 1 restricts getting off. can be made easier to execute.
- the control device 10 of the present embodiment further includes an approaching object detection unit 13 that detects an approaching object O approaching the vehicle 1 based on the detection result of the external sensor 2 that detects objects around the vehicle 1. . Then, when the approaching object detection unit 13 detects the approaching object O, the caution level estimation unit 11 sets the occupant's level of caution lower than when the approaching object O is not detected.
- control device 10 of the present embodiment further includes an alighting environment detection unit 17 that detects the illuminance around the vehicle 1 based on the detection result of the external sensor 2 that detects objects around the vehicle 1 . Then, the attention level estimation unit 11 estimates the driver's attention level to be lower as the illuminance detected by the getting-off environment detection unit 17 is lower.
- the degree of caution estimating unit 11 can estimate the degree of caution of the occupant to be low. As a result, the caution level of the occupant estimated by the caution level estimating section 11 is likely to fall below the threshold for the getting-off restricting section 12 to determine the execution of the getting-off restricting operation.
- control device 10 of the present embodiment determines the visibility of the approaching object O based on the detection result of the external sensor 2 that detects objects around the vehicle 1 or the weather information received by the receiver mounted on the vehicle 1.
- a getting-off environment detection unit 17 for estimation is further provided.
- the attention degree estimation unit 11 estimates the degree of caution to be lower as the visibility estimated by the getting-off environment detection unit 17 is shorter.
- the attention level estimation unit 11 can estimate the driver's attention level to be low. As a result, the caution level of the occupant estimated by the caution level estimating section 11 is likely to fall below the threshold for the getting-off restricting section 12 to determine the execution of the getting-off restricting operation.
- control device 10 of this embodiment detects the stop position of the vehicle 1 based on the output of the car navigation system (CNS 5) mounted on the vehicle 1, and determines the difficulty of getting off the vehicle based on the stop position.
- An environment detector 17 is further provided. Then, the attention level estimation unit 11 estimates the driver's attention level to be lower as the difficulty level of getting off determined by the getting-off environment detection unit 17 is higher.
- the attention level estimation unit 11 can estimate the attention level of the occupant. can be underestimated.
- the caution level of the occupant estimated by the caution level estimating section 11 is likely to fall below the threshold for the getting-off restricting section 12 to determine the execution of the getting-off restricting operation.
- at least one of the door opening/closing device 6, the audio output device 7, and the image display device 8 mounted on the vehicle 1 can It is possible to make it easier to execute the getting-off restriction.
- control device 10 of the present embodiment detects at least one of the age of the occupant of the vehicle 1 and the distraction behavior of the occupant of the vehicle 1 when the level of attention of the occupant of the vehicle 1 is lowered based on the detection result of the occupant sensor 3.
- An occupant behavior detector 15 is further provided.
- the caution level estimation unit 11 estimates the caution level of the occupant of the vehicle 1 based on the detection result of the age or distractive behavior of the occupant of the vehicle 1 by the occupant behavior detection unit 15 .
- the attention level of an infant, a child, or an occupant who has been distracted by an event other than the approaching object O and neglected safety confirmation can be estimated by the attention level estimation unit 11 to be low.
- the caution level of the occupant estimated by the caution level estimating section 11 is likely to fall below the threshold for the getting-off restricting section 12 to determine the execution of the getting-off restricting operation.
- at least one of the door opening/closing device 6, the audio output device 7, and the image display device 8 mounted on the vehicle 1 can It is possible to make it easier to execute the getting-off restriction.
- the approaching object detection unit 13 calculates the arrival margin time for the approaching object O to reach the drop-off area A of the vehicle 1 .
- the caution degree estimation unit 11 estimates the degree of caution of the occupant to be lower as the arrival margin time calculated by the approaching object detection unit 13 is shorter.
- the caution level estimation unit 11 reduces the occupant's level of caution. can be estimated.
- the caution level of the occupant estimated by the caution level estimating section 11 is likely to fall below the threshold for the getting-off restricting section 12 to determine the execution of the getting-off restricting operation.
- at least one of the door opening/closing device 6, the audio output device 7, and the image display device 8 mounted on the vehicle 1 can It is possible to make it easier to execute the getting-off restriction.
- At least one of the door opening/closing device 6, the audio output device 7, and the image display device 8 is caused to execute the getting-off restriction operation in accordance with the decrease in the attention level of the occupant of the vehicle 1.
- the control device 10 that can improve the safety of the passenger when getting off the vehicle.
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2 外界センサ
3 乗員センサ
4 車両センサ
5 CNS(カーナビゲーションシステム)
6 ドア開閉装置
7 音声出力装置
8 画像表示装置
10 制御装置
11 注意度推定部
12 降車制限部
13 接近物検出部
14 降車動作検出部
15 乗員挙動検出部
16 車両状態検出部
17 降車環境検出部
A 降車エリア
O 接近物
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- 車両に搭載される制御装置であって、
前記車両の乗員の動作を検出する乗員センサまたは前記車両の状態を検出する車両センサの少なくとも一方の検出結果に基づいて前記車両に接近する接近物に対する前記乗員の注意度を推定する注意度推定部と、
前記注意度推定部によって推定した前記注意度が所定のしきい値よりも低い場合に、前記車両に搭載されたドア開閉装置、音声出力装置、画像表示装置の少なくとも一つに降車制限動作を実行させる降車制限部と、
を備えることを特徴とする制御装置。 - 前記車両センサの検出結果に基づいて前記車両の停車を検出する車両状態検出部と、前記乗員センサまたは前記車両センサの検出結果に基づいて前記乗員の降車動作を検出する降車動作検出部と、をさらに備え、
前記注意度推定部は、前記車両状態検出部が前記車両の停車を検出してから前記降車動作検出部が前記降車動作を検出するまでの時間が短いほど、前記注意度を低く推定することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の制御装置。 - 前記車両の周囲の物体を検出する外界センサの検出結果に基づいて交通信号機の表示を認識する降車環境検出部と、前記車両センサの検出結果に基づいて前記車両の変速機のシフト位置を検出する車両状態検出部と、をさらに備え、
前記注意度推定部は、前記降車環境検出部による前記交通信号機の表示の認識結果と、前記車両状態検出部による前記シフト位置の検出結果とに基づいて、前記注意度を推定することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の制御装置。 - 前記車両センサの検出結果に基づいて前記車両の異常を検出する車両状態検出部をさらに備え、
前記注意度推定部は、前記車両状態検出部が前記異常を検出したときに、前記車両状態検出部が前記異常を検出しないときよりも、前記注意度を低く推定することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の制御装置。 - 前記車両センサの検出結果に基づいて前記車両の急減速を検出する車両状態検出部をさらに備え、
前記注意度推定部は、前記車両状態検出部が前記急減速を検出したときに、前記車両状態検出部が前記急減速を検出しないときよりも、前記注意度を低く推定することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の制御装置。 - 前記車両の周囲の物体を検出する外界センサの検出結果に基づいて前記車両に接近する接近物を検出する接近物検出部をさらに備え、
前記注意度推定部は、前記接近物検出部によって前記接近物が検出されたときに、前記接近物が検出されないときよりも、前記注意度を低く設定することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の制御装置。 - 前記車両の周囲の物体を検出する外界センサの検出結果に基づいて前記車両の周囲の照度を検出する降車環境検出部をさらに備え、
前記注意度推定部は、前記降車環境検出部によって検出された前記照度が低いほど前記注意度を低く推定することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の制御装置。 - 前記車両の周囲の物体を検出する外界センサの検出結果または前記車両に搭載された受信機によって受信された気象情報に基づいて前記接近物の視程を推定する降車環境検出部をさらに備え、
前記注意度推定部は、前記降車環境検出部によって推定された前記視程が短いほど前記注意度を低く推定することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の制御装置。 - 前記車両に搭載されたカーナビゲーションシステムの出力に基づいて前記車両の停車位置を検出し、該停車位置に基づいて降車難易度を判定する降車環境検出部をさらに備え、
前記注意度推定部は、前記降車環境検出部によって判定された前記降車難易度が高いほど前記注意度を低く推定することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の制御装置。 - 前記乗員センサの検出結果に基づいて、前記乗員の年齢、または、前記乗員の前記注意度が低下したときの散漫挙動の少なくとも一方を検出する乗員挙動検出部をさらに備え、
前記注意度推定部は、前記乗員挙動検出部による前記乗員の年齢または前記散漫挙動の検出結果に基づいて前記注意度を推定することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の制御装置。 - 前記接近物検出部は、前記接近物が前記車両の降車エリアに到達する到達余裕時間を算出し、
前記注意度推定部は、前記接近物検出部によって算出された前記到達余裕時間が短いほど前記注意度を低く推定することを特徴とする請求項6に記載の制御装置。
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