INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE
First Claim
1. An information providing device for a vehicle for providing to an occupant of a subject vehicle (VA) information about a moving object (VB) that has a possibility of coming close to the subject vehicle (VA) on a path of the subject vehicle (VA) by carrying out intercommunication between the subject vehicle (VA) and a base station (20),the subject vehicle (VA) comprisinga subject vehicle information detection device (12, 13) for detecting subject vehicle information including a position, speed of travel, and direction of travel of the subject vehicle (VA),a moving object detection device (11) for detecting the moving object (VB) that is present in an area around the subject vehicle,a moving object information calculation device (17a) for calculating moving object information including the position, speed of travel, and direction of travel of the moving object (VB) based on detection results of the moving object detection device (11) and the subject vehicle information,a first transmitting device (18) for transmitting to the base station (20) the subject vehicle information, the moving object information, and the time at which the information has been obtained,a first receiving device (19) for receiving a signal from the base station (20), andan information providing device (16) for carrying out provision of information to an occupant,the base station (20) comprisinga second receiving device (22) for receiving a signal transmitted by the first transmitting device (18),a base station side map data storage device (27) for storing map data,a moving object probability of presence calculation device (26a) for calculating the probability of a moving object (VB) being present on the map data based on the moving object information and the time information obtained by the second receiving device (22), anda second transmitting device (21) for transmitting to the subject vehicle (VA) prediction information about the moving object (VB) present within a predetermined range that includes the subject vehicle position based on the subject vehicle position and the probability of the moving object (VB) being present obtained by the second receiving device (22), whereinthe information providing means (16) carries out provision of information to the occupant based on the subject vehicle position and the prediction information received by the first receiving device (19).
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Abstract
An information providing device for a vehicle is provided in which when the subject vehicle (VA) transmits to a base station (20) subject vehicle information including the position, speed of travel, and direction of travel of the subject vehicle (VA), moving object information including the position, speed of travel, and direction of travel of a detected vehicle (VB), and time information including the time at which the above has been obtained, the base station (20) calculates the probability of the presence of the detected vehicle (VB) on map data based on each of the above-mentioned pieces of information and transmits to the subject vehicle (VA) prediction information about the detected vehicle (VB) present in an intersection, including the subject vehicle position, based on the subject vehicle position and the probability of the presence of the detected vehicle (VB). This enables the avoidance of an intersection collision with the detected vehicle (VB) by issuing an alert or warning to an occupant of the subject vehicle (VA) based on the prediction information. During this process, since it is unnecessary for the detected vehicle (VB) to include the same equipments with the subject vehicle (VA), it is possible for the subject vehicle (VA) to avoid an intersection collision with all the detected vehicle (VB) including a vehicle which has no device such as inter-vehicle communication means and, moreover, since it is unnecessary to provide infrastructure for each intersection, realization is possible at a low cost.
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1. An information providing device for a vehicle for providing to an occupant of a subject vehicle (VA) information about a moving object (VB) that has a possibility of coming close to the subject vehicle (VA) on a path of the subject vehicle (VA) by carrying out intercommunication between the subject vehicle (VA) and a base station (20),
the subject vehicle (VA) comprising a subject vehicle information detection device (12, 13) for detecting subject vehicle information including a position, speed of travel, and direction of travel of the subject vehicle (VA), a moving object detection device (11) for detecting the moving object (VB) that is present in an area around the subject vehicle, a moving object information calculation device (17a) for calculating moving object information including the position, speed of travel, and direction of travel of the moving object (VB) based on detection results of the moving object detection device (11) and the subject vehicle information, a first transmitting device (18) for transmitting to the base station (20) the subject vehicle information, the moving object information, and the time at which the information has been obtained, a first receiving device (19) for receiving a signal from the base station (20), and an information providing device (16) for carrying out provision of information to an occupant, the base station (20) comprising a second receiving device (22) for receiving a signal transmitted by the first transmitting device (18), a base station side map data storage device (27) for storing map data, a moving object probability of presence calculation device (26a) for calculating the probability of a moving object (VB) being present on the map data based on the moving object information and the time information obtained by the second receiving device (22), and a second transmitting device (21) for transmitting to the subject vehicle (VA) prediction information about the moving object (VB) present within a predetermined range that includes the subject vehicle position based on the subject vehicle position and the probability of the moving object (VB) being present obtained by the second receiving device (22), wherein the information providing means (16) carries out provision of information to the occupant based on the subject vehicle position and the prediction information received by the first receiving device (19).
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