RUNNING PLAN CREATING APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A running plan creating apparatus for creating a running plan including position information of a vehicle at each time;
- the apparatus comprising;
road information acquiring means for acquiring road information concerning a running path for the vehicle to run;
action predicting means for predicting positions and speeds of other vehicles running about the vehicle at each time by utilizing the road information;
characteristic information acquiring means for acquiring characteristic information in each of the other vehicles;
risk degree estimating means for estimating respective degrees of risk of the other vehicles by utilizing the characteristic information;
risk degree distribution setting means for setting a risk degree distribution at each time on the running path by utilizing the road information and the positions and degrees of risk of the other vehicles; and
running plan creating means for creating the running plan of the vehicle by utilizing the risk degree distribution.
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Abstract
A running plan creating apparatus for creating a running plan including position information of a vehicle at each time comprises road information acquiring means for acquiring road information concerning a running path for the vehicle to run, action predicting means for predicting positions and speeds of other vehicles running about the vehicle at each time by utilizing the road information, characteristic information acquiring means for acquiring characteristic information in each of the other vehicles, risk degree estimating means for estimating respective degrees of risk of the other vehicles by utilizing the characteristic information, risk degree distribution setting means for setting a risk degree distribution at each time on the running path by utilizing the road information and the positions and degrees of risk of the other vehicles, and running plan creating means for creating the running plan of the vehicle by utilizing the risk degree distribution.
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1. A running plan creating apparatus for creating a running plan including position information of a vehicle at each time;
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the apparatus comprising; road information acquiring means for acquiring road information concerning a running path for the vehicle to run; action predicting means for predicting positions and speeds of other vehicles running about the vehicle at each time by utilizing the road information; characteristic information acquiring means for acquiring characteristic information in each of the other vehicles; risk degree estimating means for estimating respective degrees of risk of the other vehicles by utilizing the characteristic information; risk degree distribution setting means for setting a risk degree distribution at each time on the running path by utilizing the road information and the positions and degrees of risk of the other vehicles; and running plan creating means for creating the running plan of the vehicle by utilizing the risk degree distribution. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A running plan creating apparatus for creating a running plan including position information of a vehicle at each time;
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the apparatus comprising; a road information acquiring unit adapted to acquire road information concerning a running path for the vehicle to run; and a control unit; wherein the control unit comprises; an action predicting part configured to predict positions and speeds of other vehicles running about the vehicle at each time by utilizing the road information; a characteristic information acquiring part configured to acquire characteristic information in each of the other vehicles; a risk degree estimating part configured to estimate respective degrees of risk of the other vehicles by utilizing the characteristic information; a risk degree distribution setting part configured to set a risk degree distribution at each time on the running path by utilizing the road information and the positions and degrees of risk of the other vehicles; and a running plan creating part configured to create the running plan of the vehicle by utilizing the risk degree distribution. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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