WO2023276321A1 - 路面状態判定システム、路面状態判定装置、車両運転制御装置、および路面状態判定方法 - Google Patents
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- the present disclosure relates to a road surface condition determination system, a road surface condition determination device, a vehicle driving control device, and a road surface condition determination method.
- Autonomous vehicles monitor the road surface conditions while driving, detect when the road surface is wet, and reduce the driving speed to ensure safe driving.
- the present disclosure has been made in view of the above circumstances, and is a road surface condition determination system, a road surface condition determination device, a vehicle driving control device, and a road surface condition that are capable of detecting a wet road surface with a simple configuration and high accuracy.
- the purpose is to provide a judgment method.
- a road surface condition determination system is installed at a predetermined position of a vehicle, projects light toward a road surface in a measurement area around the vehicle, receives reflected light of the projected light, and receives the reflected light.
- a distance measuring sensor that measures the distance to the road surface based on the state of light reception; and a determination unit for determining that the road surface is wet when the road surface is long.
- the distance measurement sensor measures distances to a plurality of locations on the road surface in the measurement area, and the determination unit determines whether the measurement area includes a partial area where the reflected light is not received by the distance measurement sensor. or when the measured value includes a partial area longer than a predetermined value, it may be determined that the road surface is wet.
- the judging unit determines that the number of measurement results of reflected light of a plurality of lights projected by the distance measuring sensor is recognized as noise is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, and the distance measuring sensor projects light within the measurement area. It may be determined that the road surface is wet when there is a partial area where the reflected light of the reflected light is not received.
- the distance measuring sensor may be composed of an obstacle detection optical sensor installed in advance on the vehicle or an optical sensor for self-position estimation.
- a reference data storage unit is further provided, and the determination unit stores a measured value of a distance to the road surface in the measurement direction measured by the distance measuring sensor at a predetermined position when the vehicle is running, in the reference data. and the distance to the road surface in the measurement direction, it may be determined that the road surface is wet.
- the reference data storage unit stores information about the position of the vehicle, the time, and the measured value for each measurement direction, which are measured by the distance measuring sensor while the vehicle or other vehicle is running, regardless of the wetness of the road surface. Temporarily stored, the determination unit determines whether the road surface is wet by using the information of the measured value measured by another vehicle within a predetermined time and stored in the reference data storage unit for the position where the vehicle is scheduled to travel. You may make it determine whether it exists.
- the road surface condition determination device is installed at a predetermined position of a vehicle, projects light toward a road surface in a measurement area around the vehicle, receives reflected light of the projected light, and receives the reflected light of the projected light. It is connected to a distance measuring sensor that detects the distance to the road surface based on the reception state of the reflected light, and when the reflected light is not received by the distance measuring sensor, or when the measured value by the distance measuring sensor reaches a predetermined value. A determination unit that determines that the road surface is wet when it is longer than the value.
- the vehicle driving control device is connected to the road surface condition determination device, and when the road surface condition determination device determines that the road surface is wet, the vehicle operation speed is reduced or stopped.
- An output unit for output is provided.
- a vehicle is installed at a predetermined position, light is projected toward a road surface in a measurement area around the vehicle, reflected light of the projected light is received, and the A road surface condition determination device connected to a distance measuring sensor that detects the distance to the road surface, based on the light receiving state of the reflected light, detects when the reflected light is not received by the distance measuring sensor, or when the distance measuring sensor does not receive the reflected light.
- the measured value by the sensor is longer than a predetermined value, it is determined that the road surface is wet.
- a wet road surface can be detected with a simple configuration and high accuracy.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an automatic driving system using a road surface condition determination system according to an embodiment.
- FIG. 2(a) is a side view of the vehicle X equipped with the road surface condition determination system according to the embodiment and the measurement direction of the range sensor installed in the vehicle X
- FIG. 3 is a top view of the measurement area of the ranging sensor
- FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the operation of the road surface condition determination device according to the embodiment.
- FIG. 4(a) is a diagram showing a state in which light projected from a ranging sensor installed in a vehicle X equipped with a road surface condition determination system according to the embodiment is reflected by a puddle on the road surface.
- (b) is a diagram showing a state in which light projected from a distance measuring sensor is reflected by a puddle on the road surface and reflected by a wall in front of the vehicle.
- the automatic driving system 1 includes a distance measuring sensor 10 mounted on a vehicle X that automatically drives, a position information detection sensor 20, an automatic driving mechanism 30, and an in-vehicle device 40.
- the ranging sensor 10 is an optical sensor composed of LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) or the like.
- the ranging sensor 10 is installed in the front part of the vehicle X. As shown in FIG. For example, it is installed at a predetermined position in the lower front portion of the vehicle X. As shown in FIG.
- the distance measurement sensor 10 projects light toward the road surface in the measurement area P around the vehicle X (that is, in a predetermined direction (measurement direction)) and receives reflected light of the projected light. Furthermore, the distance measuring sensor 10 measures the distance to the road surface based on the light reception state of the reflected light.
- the distance to be measured is the length from the vehicle X (specifically, the distance measuring sensor 10) to a predetermined point (light irradiation position) on the road surface along a predetermined direction (measurement direction).
- the light-receiving state is a measurement result indicating the measurement direction by the distance measuring sensor 10, the time from the emission of light by the distance measuring sensor 10 to the reception of the reflected light of the light, the intensity of the reflected light, and the like.
- the optical sensor as the distance measuring sensor 10 may be, for example, an optical sensor for obstacle detection or self-position estimation that is pre-mounted in the vehicle X.
- FIG. In this case, the automatic driving system 1 can be constructed without providing the vehicle X with a new device as the ranging sensor 10 .
- the position information detection sensor 20 is composed of, for example, a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver, and acquires position information of the sensor 20 (substantially vehicle X).
- the automatic driving mechanism 30 is a mechanism for automatically driving the vehicle X based on the control of the driving control unit 42, which will be described later.
- the in-vehicle device 40 has a road surface condition determination device 41 and an operation control section 42 as a vehicle operation control device.
- the road surface condition determination device 41 has a sensor information acquisition section 411 , a reference data storage section 412 and a determination section 413 .
- Each of these functional units may be installed in a processing device such as a computer (for example, a personal computer). Thereby, the processing device functions as the road surface condition determination device 41 .
- this processing device may be installed in the vehicle X in advance as a device for processing the detection result of the obstacle detection sensor or the self-position estimation sensor.
- the sensor information acquisition unit 411 acquires information on the distance from the vehicle X to the road surface in the measurement area P, which is measured by the distance measuring sensor 10, and acquires the position information of the vehicle X detected by the position information detection sensor 20. do.
- the reference data storage unit 412 stores data from the vehicle X for each position and measurement direction of the vehicle X, which are measured by the distance measuring sensor 10 when the vehicle X travels a predetermined section (assumed travel section) on a dry road surface. Information on the distance to the road surface is stored in advance as reference data.
- the determination unit 413 determines that (a) the reflected light of the light projected by the distance measurement sensor 10 was not received by the distance measurement sensor 10; or (b) when the distance measured by the distance measuring sensor 10 is longer than a predetermined value, it is determined that the road surface is wet.
- the road surface condition determination system 50 is constructed by the road surface condition determination device 41 and the distance measurement sensor 10 .
- the driving control unit 42 reduces the driving speed of the vehicle X or stops the vehicle X, thereby performing safer driving than during normal driving. to the automatic operation mechanism 30.
- the operation control unit 42 may include an output unit that outputs these instructions.
- the distance measuring sensor 10 measures the distance to a plurality of locations on the road surface in the area around the vehicle X based on the received state of the reflected light of the light projected in a plurality of directions preset as the measurement directions. Measure the distance of
- the area where the light from the distance measuring sensor 10 is projected is, for example, a measurement area P around the vehicle X including the front and left and right directions when the vehicle X travels in the direction of the arrow, as shown in FIG. 2(b). is.
- the distance measuring sensor 10 projects a plurality of lasers in different directions within the measurement area P, and measures distances from the vehicle X to a plurality of points on the road surface within the measurement area P based on the received state of the reflected light of the projected light. Measure distance.
- the position information detection sensor 20 detects the position information of the sensor 20 (substantially, the vehicle X) at predetermined time intervals.
- the sensor information acquisition unit 411 acquires measurement result information by the distance measuring sensor 10 at predetermined time intervals, and also acquires the sensor 20 detected by the position information detection sensor 20. Get the location information of .
- the determination unit 413 determines whether or not the reflected light of the light projected from the distance measurement sensor 10 in a plurality of directions within the measurement area P has been received by the distance measurement sensor 10. determine whether
- the road surface to which light is projected from the distance measuring sensor 10 is wet.
- the projected light is irregularly reflected on the upper surface of the puddle W.
- the reflected wave does not travel to the distance sensor 10, or even if it travels to the distance sensor 10, the intensity of the reflected wave is significantly attenuated. range of intensities).
- the determination unit 413 determines that the road surface indicated by partial area PA is wet (step S2).
- the determination unit 413 determines whether or not the partial area PB is included (step S3).
- the partial area PB is an area where the distance measured by the range sensor 10 is longer than the threshold value C.
- the light projected by the distance measuring sensor 10 is diffusely reflected by the wet road surface, and is reflected by the obstacle. The light is reflected and then reflected again by the wet road surface and received by the range sensor 10 .
- the distance measuring sensor 10 when there is a puddle W at the irradiation position of the light and there is a wall Q in front of it, the light is diffusely reflected by the upper surface of the puddle W, reflected by the wall Q, and further reflected by the puddle W The light is reflected again and received by the distance measuring sensor 10 .
- the distance measured by the distance sensor 10 is longer than the distance from the distance sensor 10 to the road surface (the irradiation position, ie, the puddle W).
- step S3 determines that the road surface is wet (step S3).
- the threshold value C used in step S3 can be defined from various viewpoints. The road surface state determination process in step S3 based on several examples of the threshold value C will be described below.
- the threshold value C1 is used as the threshold value C.
- FIG. The threshold value C1 is the maximum value of the measurement distance from the vehicle X to the road surface that can be assumed based on the installation position and measurement direction in the vehicle X of the distance measurement sensor 10 and the unevenness of the road surface.
- the determination unit 413 determines that the road surface is wet if the measurement area P includes the partial area PB.
- the threshold value C ⁇ b>1 may be set to a different value for each measurement direction of the distance measuring sensor 10 .
- the determination unit 413 determines that if the positions where the measured value by the distance measuring sensor 10 is longer than the threshold value C1 are adjacent on the road surface and the number of positions is equal to or greater than a predetermined number D, the measurement area P is divided into the partial area PB is determined to be included.
- This predetermined number D is set in advance as a value for detecting the wetness of the road surface, which may affect the traveling of the vehicle X due to rainfall or the like.
- the distance measurement sensor 10 measures the distances from the vehicle X (the distance measurement sensor 10) to a plurality of locations on the road surface in the measurement area P, so that the road surface that may affect the running of the vehicle X is detected. Wetness can be detected.
- the threshold value C2 is used as the threshold value C.
- FIG. The threshold value C2 is set to absorb measurement errors in the distance indicated by the reference data stored in the reference data storage unit 412 (in other words, to allow errors in the measurement values used as the determination criteria). ) is the value to which the value E is added.
- the determination section 413 determines that the road surface indicated by the partial area PB is wet if the measurement area P includes the partial area PB. In other words, when the vehicle X is traveling and the measured value measured by the distance measuring sensor 10 at a certain position A is longer than the distance to the corresponding position A in the reference data by a value E or more, the determination unit 413 Determine that the road surface is wet.
- the determination unit 413 temporally acquires the information acquired by the sensor information acquisition unit 411 while the vehicle X is traveling, and the position information of the vehicle X when the information was acquired. Then, the determination unit 413 acquires the position information and the distance information from the vehicle X to the road surface corresponding to the measurement direction acquired by the determination unit 413 from the reference data stored in the reference data storage unit 412 .
- the determination unit 413 determines that the measurement area P includes the partial area PB when there are a predetermined number D or more of the estimated far points adjacent to each other on the road surface.
- the estimated far point is a position where the measured value measured by the distance measuring sensor 10 is longer than the threshold value C2 obtained by adding the value E to the distance from the vehicle X to the road surface acquired from the reference data storage unit 412. .
- the determination unit 413 determines that the road surface is wet.
- determination unit 413 may perform steps S1 and S3 in the reverse order of the order shown in FIG. Also, the determination unit 413 may perform only one of steps S1 and S3.
- the driving control unit 42 When the determination unit 413 determines that the road surface is wet, the driving control unit 42 outputs an instruction to lower the driving speed of the vehicle X below the normal speed to the automatic driving mechanism 30 (step S4).
- the automatic driving mechanism 30 acquires the command from the driving control unit 42, the automatic driving mechanism 30 reduces the traveling speed of the automatic driving.
- step S5 when the road surface dries and the determining unit 413 determines that neither the partial areas PA nor PB is included in the measurement area P in the section of the distance equal to or greater than the predetermined value ("YES" in step S5), the road surface dries. (step S6).
- the driving control unit 42 When the determining unit 413 determines that the road surface is dry, the driving control unit 42 outputs an instruction to return the driving speed of the vehicle to the normal speed to the automatic driving mechanism 30 (step S7).
- the automatic driving mechanism 30 acquires the command from the driving control unit 42, the automatic driving mechanism 30 returns the traveling speed of the automatic driving to the normal speed.
- the above embodiment it is possible to accurately detect a wet road surface based on the light reception state of the light projected from the optical sensor. As a result, wet road surface detection processing can be performed. Further, when using an optical sensor for detecting an obstacle or estimating the self position, which is pre-installed in the vehicle X, as the optical sensor of the present embodiment, a new device for detecting the road surface condition must be installed in the vehicle. It is possible to detect the above-mentioned road surface condition at low cost.
- the location information detection sensor 20 may be composed of a self-location estimation device using LiDAR.
- one self-position estimation device may have both the function of the distance measurement sensor 10 and the function of the position information detection sensor 20 .
- the self-position estimation device estimates the current position of the self-position estimation device, for example, by performing scan matching between map data stored in advance and data acquired by an optical sensor.
- the distance measuring sensor 10 may measure the distance from the vehicle X to the road surface at multiple positions within the measurement area P using multiple transmitting/receiving elements. In this case, if a part of the transmitting/receiving elements fails, the distance measuring sensor 10 cannot acquire measurement results for the area to be measured by the failed transmitting/receiving elements. In this case, even if the road surface is not wet, the partial area PA is included in the measurement area P, so there is a possibility that the determination unit 413 may determine that the road surface is wet.
- the distance measuring sensor 10 when it rains, the light emitted from the distance measuring sensor 10 may be diffusely reflected by raindrops in the air. ) tends to increase. Therefore, when the number of measurement results (the number of positions) recognized as noise by the ranging sensor 10 is equal to or greater than a predetermined value and the partial area PA is included in the measurement area P, the determination unit 413 It may be determined that the road surface is wet. As a result, the distance measuring sensor 10 can eliminate erroneous determination due to failure of the transmitting/receiving element, and can more accurately detect a wet road surface.
- the reference data stored in the reference data storage unit 412 may be reference data measured when another vehicle Y travels in the corresponding section.
- the sensor information acquisition unit 411 of the road surface condition determination device 41 determines the amount of deviation in the installation position and measurement direction of the distance measuring sensor between the vehicle Y that measures the reference data and the vehicle X that uses the reference data. to get Then, the sensor information acquisition unit 411 converts the reference data measured by the ranging sensor of the vehicle Y based on the acquired deviation amount into the reference data used by the road surface condition determination device 41 of the vehicle X, and converts the road surface Used for state determination processing.
- a central management device wirelessly connected to the in-vehicle devices 40 of a plurality of vehicles including the vehicle X may be installed, and the function of the reference data storage unit 412 may be provided in the central management device.
- the in-vehicle device 40 of each vehicle each time the road surface is not wet, sends information about the location, distance, time, and installation position of the distance measurement sensor 10 in the vehicle to the distance measurement sensor 10. Information on the measured distance to the road surface for each measurement direction is wirelessly transmitted to the central management device and stored as reference data.
- the in-vehicle device 40 of the vehicle X acquires from the central management device the latest reference data measured by another vehicle Y or the own vehicle X in the past regarding the location where the vehicle X travels.
- the sensor information acquisition unit 411 acquires the amount of deviation in the installation position and measurement direction of the ranging sensor between the vehicle that measured the acquired reference data and the vehicle X that uses the reference data. Then, the sensor information acquisition unit 411 converts the reference data acquired from the central management device based on the acquired deviation amount into the reference data used in the road surface condition determination device 41 of the vehicle X, and then performs the road surface condition determination process. used for
- the determination unit 413 determines whether the road surface is wet or not, using the information of the measured values measured by other vehicles within a predetermined time period and stored in the reference data storage unit for the position where the vehicle X is scheduled to travel. determine whether
- each time a plurality of vehicles travel they update the measured value of the corresponding position, and each other vehicle uses this, so that the wetness and dryness of the road surface can be improved before traveling to the relevant position. It can be detected early and the operation efficiency can be improved.
- the operation control unit 42 when the determination unit 413 determines that the road surface is wet, the operation control unit 42 lowers the speed of the vehicle X below the normal speed. However, the operation control unit 42 may stop the vehicle X instead of decelerating the vehicle X. By reducing the speed of the vehicle X below the normal speed or stopping it when the road surface is determined to be wet, the vehicle X can be safely run even when the road surface is slippery.
- This disclosure can contribute to, for example, Goal 11 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) "Realize inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities and human settlements”.
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本開示の一実施形態に係る路面状態判定装置を用いた自動運転システム1の構成について、図1を参照して説明する。自動運転システム1は、自動運転を行う車両Xに搭載された測距センサ10と、位置情報検知センサ20と、自動運転機構30と、車載装置40とを備える。
次に、本実施形態による自動運転システム1が車両Xの走行中に実行する動作について説明する。本実施形態において、車両Xが自動運転機構30により自動運転で所定区間を走行している間、車両Xに設置された測距センサ10は、所定の時間間隔で車両X(測距センサ10)から車両Xの周辺の計測エリアにおける路面までの距離を計測する。
判定処理例(1)では、閾値Cとして閾値C1を用いる。閾値C1は、測距センサ10の車両X内の設置位置および計測方向、並びに、路面の凸凹から想定可能な車両Xから路面までの計測距離の最大値である。判定部413は、センサ情報取得部411で取得した情報に基づいて、計測エリアP内に部分エリアPBが含まれていれば、路面が濡れていると判定する。閾値C1は、測距センサ10の計測方向ごとに異なる値で設定してもよい。
判定処理例(2)では、閾値Cとして閾値C2を用いる。閾値C2は、基準データ記憶部412に記憶された上述の基準データが示す距離に、測定誤差を吸収するための(換言すれば、判定基準としての計測値に誤差があることを許容するための)値Eを加算した値である。
10 測距センサ
20 位置情報検知センサ
30 自動運転機構
40 車載装置
41 路面状態判定装置
42 運転制御部
50 路面状態判定システム
411 センサ情報取得部
412 基準データ記憶部
413 判定部
Claims (9)
- 車両の所定位置に設置され、前記車両の周辺の計測エリアにおける路面に向けて光を投光し、投光した前記光の反射光を受光するとともに前記反射光の受光状態に基づいて、前記路面までの距離を計測する測距センサと、
前記測距センサで前記反射光が受光されなかったとき、または、前記測距センサによる計測値が所定値よりも長いときには、前記路面が濡れていると判定する判定部と、
を備えた路面状態判定システム。 - 前記測距センサは、前記計測エリアにおける前記路面上の複数箇所までの距離を計測し、
前記判定部は、前記計測エリア内に、前記測距センサで前記反射光が受光されない部分エリアが含まれているとき、または前記測距センサによる計測値が所定値よりも長い部分エリアが含まれているときには、前記路面が濡れていると判定する、請求項1に記載の路面状態判定システム。 - 前記判定部は、前記測距センサが投光した複数の光の反射光に関する計測結果のうちノイズとして認識された数が所定値以上あり、且つ前記計測エリア内に、前記測距センサが投光した光の反射光が受光されない部分エリアが含まれているときに、前記路面が濡れていると判定する、請求項2に記載の路面状態判定システム。
- 前記測距センサは、予め前記車両に設置された障害物検出用の光センサ、または自己位置推定用の光センサで構成される、請求項1~3のうちの何れか1項に記載の路面状態判定システム。
- 前記路面が濡れていないときに前記車両または他の車両が走行して前記測距センサで計測された、前記車両の位置ごとおよび計測方向ごとの前記路面までの距離の情報を基準データとして記憶する基準データ記憶部をさらに備え、
前記判定部は、前記車両が走行したときに、所定位置において前記測距センサで計測された前記計測方向の前記路面までの距離の計測値が、前記基準データ内の該当する位置および前記計測方向の前記路面までの距離よりも長いときには、前記路面が濡れていると判定する、請求項1~4のうちの何れか1項に記載の路面状態判定システム。 - 前記基準データ記憶部は、前記車両または他の車両が走行して前記測距センサで計測された、当該車両の位置、時刻、および前記計測方向ごとの計測値の情報を前記路面の濡れ状態に関わらず一時的に記憶し、
前記判定部は、前記車両が走行予定の位置について、所定時間内に他の車両で計測され前記基準データ記憶部に記憶された計測値の情報を用いて、前記路面が濡れているか否かを判定する、請求項5に記載の路面状態判定システム。 - 車両の所定位置に設置され、前記車両の周辺の計測エリアにおける路面に向けて光を投光し、投光した前記光の反射光を受光するとともに前記反射光の受光状態に基づいて、前記路面までの距離を検出する測距センサに接続され、
前記測距センサで前記反射光が受光されなかったとき、または、前記測距センサによる計測値が所定値よりも長いときには、前記路面が濡れていると判定する判定部、を備えた路面状態判定装置。 - 請求項7に記載の路面状態判定装置に接続され、前記路面状態判定装置で路面が濡れていると判定されると、前記車両の運転速度を下げるかまたは停止させる指示を出力する出力部を備えた車両運転制御装置。
- 車両の所定位置に設置され、前記車両の周辺の計測エリアにおける路面に向けて光を投光し、投光した前記光の反射光を受光するとともに前記反射光の受光状態に基づいて、前記路面までの距離を検出する測距センサに接続された路面状態判定装置が、
前記測距センサで前記反射光が受光されなかったとき、または、前記測距センサによる計測値が所定値よりも長いときには、前記路面が濡れていると判定する、路面状態判定方法。
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