RELIABILITY EVALUATION DEVICE, RELIABILITY EVALUATION METHOD, AND RELIABILITY EVALUATION PROGRAM

• US 20110010131A1
• Filed: 06/25/2010
• Published: 01/13/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Aisin AW Company Limited (Aisin Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Aisin AW Company Limited (Aisin Corp.)
• Inventors: MIYAJIMA, Takayuki, KANBA, Motoki
• Application Number:
  US12/823,936
• Publication Number:
  US 20110010131A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/181
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 17/221 Procedure or apparatus for checking or keeping in a correct functioning condition of brake systems hydraulic pressure systems in general F15B19/00, F15B21/04; testing structures or apparatus G01M
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 2210/24 Curve radius
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 2210/36 Global Positioning System [GPS]
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 7/18 operated by wayside apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/18145 Cornering
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/072 Curvature of the road
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network

Abstract

Provided is a reliability evaluation method and apparatus to evaluate the reliability of map information. The apparatus includes an evaluation object value acquisition unit that acquires an evaluation object value from map information stored in a storage medium. A measurement value acquisition unit acquires measurement values for the evaluation object value using a sensor installed in a vehicle. After acquiring the measurement values, a reliability evaluation unit that selects a reliability evaluation method to evaluate the reliability of the evaluation object value based on a current measured value and the dispersion of the measured values.

Claims

1. A reliability evaluation device comprising:

an evaluation object value acquisition unit that acquires an evaluation object value from map information stored in a storage medium installed in a vehicle to evaluate a reliability of the evaluation object value;

a measurement value acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of measurement values for the evaluation object value using a sensor installed in the vehicle; and

a reliability evaluation unit that selects a reliability evaluation method for evaluating the reliability of the evaluation object value based on the measurement values and the dispersion of the measurement values, and evaluates the reliability of the evaluation object value using the selected reliability evaluation method.

2. The reliability evaluation device according to claim 1, wherein

the reliability evaluation method evaluates the reliability by referencing the current measurement value whose difference with the evaluation object value is within a predetermined threshold, wherein

a plurality of the reliability evaluation methods is defined in advance with different predetermined thresholds, and

the reliability evaluation unit selects the reliability evaluation method from the plurality of reliability evaluation methods depending on the measurement value dispersion.

3. The reliability evaluation device according to claim 1, wherein

the reliability evaluation unit selects the reliability evaluation method for evaluating the reliability by referencing the measurement values in a narrower range for a smaller measurement value dispersion.

4. The reliability evaluation device according to claim 1, wherein

the reliability evaluation unit, depending on the measurement value dispersion, selects one of

a reliability evaluation method that evaluates the reliability based on a first probability, the first probability being a probability of measuring a measurement value with the highest probability of being measured, if the measurement value with the highest probability of being measured exists within a first range from the evaluation object value, and

a reliability evaluation method that evaluates the reliability based on a second probability, the second probability being a probability of measuring a measurement value within a second range that includes the evaluation object value.

5. The reliability evaluation device according to claim 1, wherein

the reliability evaluation unit, depending on the measurement value dispersion, selects one of

a reliability evaluation method that evaluates the reliability based on a difference between a measurement value with the highest probability of being measured and the evaluation object value, and

a reliability evaluation method that evaluates the reliability based on a probability that the measurement value is measured in a range where a difference between the measurement value and the evaluation object value is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.

6. The reliability evaluation device according to claim 1, wherein

the reliability evaluation unit determines the measurement value dispersion when a sensor that measures an operation of a driver of the vehicle is not included as a sensor for acquiring a measurement value as smaller than the measurement value dispersion when a sensor that measures an operation of the driver of the vehicle is included.

7. The reliability evaluation device according to claim 1, wherein

the reliability evaluation unit acquires the measurement value dispersion based on the acquired measurement values.

8. The reliability evaluation device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a map information update unit that, if the reliability is low, the dispersion is small, and the measurement probability of a measurement value with the highest probability of being measured is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, identifies the measurement value with the highest probability of being measured and updates the evaluation object value in the map information using the measurement value.

9. A reliability evaluation device comprising:

an evaluation object value acquisition unit that acquires an evaluation object value from map information stored in a storage medium installed in a vehicle to evaluate a reliability of the evaluation object value;

a measurement value acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of measurement values for the evaluation object value using a sensor installed in the vehicle; and

a reliability evaluation unit that selects a reliability evaluation method for evaluating the reliability of the evaluation object value based on the measurement values and the evaluation object, and evaluates the reliability of the evaluation object value using the selected reliability evaluation method.

10. A reliability evaluation method comprising:

acquiring an evaluation object value from map information stored in a storage medium installed in a vehicle to evaluate a reliability of the evaluation object value;

acquiring a plurality of measurement values for measuring the evaluation object value using a sensor installed in the vehicle; and

selecting a reliability evaluation method for evaluating the reliability of the evaluation object value based on the measurement values and a dispersion of the measured values, and evaluating the reliability of the evaluation object value using the selected reliability evaluation method.

11. A reliability evaluation program performing in a computer the functions of:

acquiring an evaluation object value from map information stored in a storage medium installed in a vehicle to evaluate a reliability of the evaluation object value;

acquiring a plurality of measurement values for measuring the evaluation object value using a sensor installed in the vehicle; and

selecting a reliability evaluation method for evaluating the reliability of the evaluation object value based on the measurement values and the dispersion of the measured values, and evaluating the reliability of the evaluation object value using the selected reliability evaluation method.