Cruise control plan evaluation device and method
US9224299B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 1, 2007 |
| Grant date | Dec 29, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 22, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB62D6/00
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A cruise control plan evaluation device (10) that evaluates safety of a cruise control plan for an automatically-operated vehicle includes: a behavior prediction unit (16a) that predicts a behavior that may be exhibited by a nearby vehicle, which is present near the automatically-operated vehicle, at a given time point; a position prediction unit (16b) that predicts a position of the nearby vehicle after the given time point based on a position of the nearby vehicle at the given time point and the behavior predicted by the behavior prediction unit (16a); and an evaluation unit (20) that evaluates the safety of the cruise control plan based on the position of the nearby vehicle predicted by the position prediction unit (16b) and a position that is reached by the automatically-operated vehicle according to the cruise control plan.
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