INFORMATION PROCESSOR AND MOVABLE BODY APPARATUS

• US 20170341645A1
• Filed: 02/28/2017
• Published: 11/30/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: SUGITA, Kaoru, SEKINE, Masahiro, WATANABE, Tomoki
• Granted Patent: US 10,131,348 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/0027 Post collision measures, e.g. notifying emergency services
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2520/10 Longitudinal speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2520/105 Longitudinal acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2554/00 Input parameters relating to objects
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2554/801 Lateral distance
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/0953 the prediction being responsive to vehicle dynamic parameters
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0055 with safety arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30252 Vehicle exterior; Vicinity of vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/70 Determining position or orientation of objects or cameras camera calibration G06T7/80
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/58 Recognition of moving objects or obstacles, e.g. vehicles or pedestrians; Recognition of traffic objects, e.g. traffic signs, traffic lights or roads

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an information processor includes a memory and processing circuitry. The circuitry receives area information indicating a second area in a first area around a movable body apparatus and third areas in the first area, wherein the movable body apparatus is movable in the second area and an object is present in each of the third areas. The circuitry receives movement information including at least one of a velocity, a movement direction or an acceleration of the apparatus. The circuitry acquires evaluation values each indicative of a damage to be caused when the apparatus collides with each object in the third areas, and determines, based on the evaluation values, a position corresponding to a first object which causes a least damage.

Claims

1. An information processor comprising:

a memory; and

processing circuitry configured to;

receive area information indicating a second area in a first area around a movable body apparatus and third areas in the first area, wherein the movable body apparatus is movable in the second area and an object is present in each of the third areas;

receive movement information comprising at least one of a velocity, a movement direction or an acceleration of the movable body apparatus;

acquire evaluation values each indicative of a damage to be caused when the movable body apparatus collides with each object in the third areas; and

determine, based on the evaluation values, a position corresponding to a first object which causes a least damage.

2. The information processor of claim 1, wherein

the processing circuitry is further configured to:

determine whether a movement state of the movable body apparatus is abnormal by using the movement information;

acquire the evaluation values when the movement state of the movable body apparatus is abnormal; and

determine the position corresponding to the first object based on the evaluation values.

3. The information processor of claim 2, wherein

the processing circuitry is further configured to:

determine whether there is a possibility that the movable body apparatus collides with any one of objects in the third areas by using the movement information and the area information; and

determine that the movement state of the movable body apparatus is abnormal when there is a possibility that the movable body apparatus collides with any one of the objects.

4. The information processor of claim 2, wherein

the processing circuitry is further configured to:

determine whether there is a possibility that a moving second object of objects in the third areas collides with the movable body apparatus by using the area information; and

determine that the movement state of the movable body apparatus is abnormal when there is a possibility that the second object collides with the movable body apparatus.

5. The information processor of claim 1, wherein

the area information is generated by using an image obtained by capturing the first area.

6. The information processor of claim 1, wherein

the area information comprises information indicative of a distance from the movable body apparatus to each of the second area and the third areas.

7. The information processor of claim 1, wherein

the processing circuitry is further configured to:

predict second area information by using the movement information and the area information, the second area information indicating, a first time after a current time, a fourth area in the first area and fifth areas in the first area, wherein the movable body apparatus is movable in the fourth area and an object is present in each of the fifth areas;

acquire evaluation values each indicative of a damage to be caused when the movable body apparatus collides with each object in the fifth areas; and

determine, based on the evaluation values, a position corresponding to a second object which causes a least damage.

8. The information processor of claim 1, wherein

the memory is configured to store, when the movable body apparatus collides with the first object, information indicative of the first object and a damage caused by the collision.

9. The information processor of claim 1, wherein

the movable body apparatus is a vehicle on which a human gets, and comprises a safety device for protecting the human, and

the information processor further comprises a controller configured to control the safety device when the position is determined.

10. A movable body apparatus comprising:

a power module for moving the movable body apparatus;

processing circuitry configured to;

receive area information indicating a second area in a first area around the movable body apparatus and third areas in the first area, wherein the movable body apparatus is movable in the second area and an object is present in each of the third areas;

receive movement information comprising at least one of a velocity, a direction or an acceleration of the movable body apparatus;

acquire evaluation values each indicative of a damage to be caused when the movable body apparatus collides with each object in the third areas; and

determine, based on the evaluation values, a position corresponding to a first object which causes a least damage; and

a controller configured to control the power module such that the movable body apparatus moves to the determined position.

11. The movable body apparatus of claim 10, wherein

the processing circuitry is further configured to:

determine whether a movement state of the movable body apparatus is abnormal by using the movement information;

acquire the evaluation values when the movement state of the movable body apparatus is abnormal; and

determine the position corresponding to the first object based on the evaluation values.

12. The movable body apparatus of claim 11, wherein

the processing circuitry is further configured to:

determine whether there is a possibility that the movable body apparatus collides with any one of objects in the third areas by using the movement information and the area information; and

determine that the movement state of the movable body apparatus is abnormal when there is a possibility that the movable body apparatus collides with any one of the objects.

13. The movable body apparatus of claim 11, wherein

the processing circuitry is further configured to:

determine whether there is a possibility that a moving second object of objects in the third areas collides with the movable body apparatus by using the area information; and

determine that the movement state of the movable body apparatus is abnormal when there is a possibility that the second object collides with the movable body apparatus.

14. The movable body apparatus of claim 10, wherein

the area information is generated by using an image obtained by capturing the first area.

15. The movable body apparatus of claim 10, wherein

the area information comprises information indicative of a distance from the movable body apparatus to each of the second area and the third areas.

16. The movable body apparatus of claim 10, wherein

the processing circuitry is further configured to:

predict second area information by using the movement information and the area information, the second area information indicating, a first time after a current time, a fourth area in the first area and fifth areas in the first area, wherein the movable body apparatus is movable in the fourth area and an object is present in each of the fifth areas;

acquire evaluation values each indicative of a damage to be caused when the movable body apparatus collides with each object in the fifth areas; and

determine, based on the evaluation values, a position corresponding to a second object which causes a least damage.

17. The movable body apparatus of claim 10, wherein

the memory is configured to store, when the movable body apparatus collides with the first object, information indicative of the first object and a damage caused by the collision.

18. The movable body apparatus of claim 10, wherein

the movable body apparatus is a vehicle on which a human gets, and further comprises a safety device for protecting the human and a controller configured to control the safety device when the position is determined.

19. A method comprising:

receiving area information indicating a second area in a first area around a movable body apparatus and third areas in the first area, wherein the movable body apparatus is movable in the second area and an object is present in each of the third areas;

receiving movement information comprising at least one of a velocity, a movement direction or an acceleration of the movable body apparatus;

acquiring evaluation values each indicative of a damage to be caused when the movable body apparatus collides with each object in the third areas; and

determining, based on the evaluation values, a position corresponding to a first object which causes a least damage.