VEHICULAR ENVIRONMENT ESTIMATION DEVICE
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Abstract
Disclosed is a vehicular environment estimation device capable of accurately estimating a travel environment around own vehicle on the basis of a predicted route of a mobile object or the like, which is moving in a blind area. A vehicular environment estimation device that is mounted in the own vehicle detects a behavior of another vehicle in the vicinity of the own vehicle, and estimates a travel environment, which affects the traveling of another vehicle, on the basis of the behavior of another vehicle. For example, the presence of another vehicle, which is traveling in a blind area, is estimated on the basis of the behavior of another vehicle. Therefore, it is possible to estimate a vehicle travel environment that cannot be recognized by the own vehicle but can be recognized by another vehicle in the vicinity of the own vehicle.
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3. A vehicular environment estimation device comprising:
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a behavior detection means that detects a behavior of a mobile object in the vicinity of own vehicle; an estimation means that estimates an environment of a blind area of the own vehicle on the basis of the behavior of the mobile object; a behavior prediction means that supposes a plurality of the environments of the blind area of the own vehicle and predicts the behavior of the mobile object on the basis of the supposed environmental states; and a comparison means that compares the behavior of the mobile object predicted by the behavior prediction means and the behavior of the mobile object detected by the behavior detection means and provides a higher evaluation to a behavior predicted by the behavior prediction means closer to the behavior detected by the behavior detection means; wherein the estimation means estimates the environment of the blind area of the own vehicle on the basis of the comparison result of the comparison means. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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