AUTOMATIC OPERATION CONTROL APPARATUS, AUTOMATIC OPERATION CONTROL METHOD,VEHICLE CRUISE SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE VEHICLE CRUISE SYSTEM
First Claim
1. An automatic operation control apparatus that is provided in a host vehicle and that controls an automatic operation of the host vehicle in cooperation with another vehicle, comprising:
- a behavior prediction unit that predicts a behavior of a first vehicle that runs near the host vehicle;
a behavior prediction result reception unit that receives a result of prediction on a behavior of a second vehicle, the prediction being made at the other vehicle; and
a cruise control plan preparation unit that prepares a cruise control plan for the host vehicle using a result of prediction made by the behavior prediction unit and the result of prediction received by the behavior prediction result reception unit.
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Abstract
An automatic operation control apparatus controls an automatic operation of a host vehicle in cooperation with another vehicle. In this apparatus, a nearby vehicle behavior prediction unit predicts the behavior of a vehicle near the host vehicle, a reception unit receives the result of prediction on the behavior of a vehicle, the prediction being made at the other vehicle, and a cruise control plan preparation unit prepares a cruise control plan for the host vehicle using the result of prediction made at the host vehicle and the result of prediction received from the other vehicle.
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15 Claims
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1. An automatic operation control apparatus that is provided in a host vehicle and that controls an automatic operation of the host vehicle in cooperation with another vehicle, comprising:
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a behavior prediction unit that predicts a behavior of a first vehicle that runs near the host vehicle; a behavior prediction result reception unit that receives a result of prediction on a behavior of a second vehicle, the prediction being made at the other vehicle; and a cruise control plan preparation unit that prepares a cruise control plan for the host vehicle using a result of prediction made by the behavior prediction unit and the result of prediction received by the behavior prediction result reception unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 15)
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7. A vehicle cruise system under which multiple automatically-operated vehicles having cruise control plans run, wherein
each of the multiple automatically-operated vehicles includes: -
a cruise control plan preparation unit that prepares the cruise control plan; a first behavior prediction unit that predicts a behavior of a nearby vehicle; and a behavior prediction result reception unit that receives a result of prediction on a behavior of a nearby vehicle, the prediction being made at another automatically-operated vehicle among the multiple automatically-operated vehicles, wherein the first behavior prediction unit predicts the behavior of the nearby vehicle using the result of prediction received by the behavior prediction result reception unit, and the cruise control plan preparation unit prepares the cruise control plan using the result of prediction on the behavior of the nearby vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A vehicle cruise system under which multiple automatically-operated vehicles run according to cruise control plans wherein:
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each of the multiple automatically-operated vehicles includes; a cruise control plan preparation unit that prepares the cruise control plan; a behavior prediction unit that predicts a behavior of a nearby vehicle that runs near a host vehicle; and a cruise control plan reception unit that receives the cruise control plan prepared at another automatically-operated vehicle among the multiple automatically-operated vehicles, wherein the cruise control plan preparation unit prepares the cruise control plan for the host vehicle using a result of prediction on the behavior of the nearby vehicle, the prediction being made at the host vehicle, and the cruise control plan for the other automatically-operated vehicle, which is prepared using a result of prediction on a behavior of a nearby vehicle that runs near the other automatically-operated vehicle, the prediction being made at the other automatically-operated vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. An automatic operation control method for controlling an automatic operation of a host vehicle in cooperation with another vehicle, comprising:
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predicting a behavior of a first vehicle that runs near the host vehicle; receiving a result of prediction on a behavior of a second vehicle, the prediction being made at the other vehicle; and preparing a cruise control plan for the host vehicle using a result of prediction on the behavior of the first vehicle and the result of prediction on the behavior of the second vehicle.
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13. A method for controlling a vehicle cruise system under which multiple automatically-operated vehicles having cruise control plans run, comprising:
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in each of the multiple automatically-operated vehicles, predicting a behavior of a nearby vehicle; receiving a result of prediction on a behavior of a nearby vehicle, the prediction being made at another automatically-operated vehicle among the multiple automatically-operated vehicles; predicting the behavior of the nearby vehicle using the received result of prediction; and preparing the cruise control plan using the result of prediction on the behavior of the nearby vehicle.
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14. A method for controlling a vehicle cruise system under which multiple automatically-operated vehicles run according to cruise control plans, comprising:
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in each of the multiple automatically-operated vehicles, predicting a behavior of a nearby vehicle that runs near a host vehicle; receiving the cruise control plan prepared at another automatically-operated vehicle among the multiple automatically-operated vehicles; and preparing the cruise control plan for the host vehicle using a result of prediction on the behavior of the nearby vehicle, the prediction being made at the host vehicle, and the cruise control plan for the other automatically-operated vehicle, which is prepared using a result of prediction on a behavior of a nearby vehicle that runs near the other automatically-operated vehicle, the prediction being made at the other automatically-operated vehicle.
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