Driving state determining system
First Claim
1. A driving state determining system provided in a vehicle, the system comprising:
- an obtaining unit that obtains information including vehicle information of the vehicle and surrounding information for understanding a state surrounding the vehicle;
a determining unit thatrecognizes a point where the vehicle needs to stop based on the information and executes a plurality of danger determinations that have individual determination conditions, based on a distance between the vehicle and the point and a speed of the vehicle; and
an outputting unit that outputs to other devices a signal based on a result of a danger determination executed by the determining unitwhereinthe obtaining unit obtains from map data the information as to whether a temporary-stop-required point is present in an area surrounding the vehicle, andthe determining unit recognizes the point where the vehicle needs to stop when the temporary-stop-required point is determined to be present.
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Abstract
A driving state determining system in a vehicle recognizes an obstruction that may collide with the vehicle based on obtained various information. The system executes a plurality of danger determinations that have individual determination conditions, based on a relative distance and a relative speed with the obstruction to thereby comprehensively determine one of danger regions that the vehicle is situated in. The danger regions are classified depending on a danger degree. The system then outputs a determined result to relevant devices. Each of the relevant devices thereby determines operation by obtaining the comprehensively determined result outputted by the system. Consequently, the relevant devices can function more cooperatively and more effectively to lead to increase in safety than another system where each of relevant devices determines operation by individually collecting information.
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1. A driving state determining system provided in a vehicle, the system comprising:
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an obtaining unit that obtains information including vehicle information of the vehicle and surrounding information for understanding a state surrounding the vehicle; a determining unit that recognizes a point where the vehicle needs to stop based on the information and executes a plurality of danger determinations that have individual determination conditions, based on a distance between the vehicle and the point and a speed of the vehicle; and an outputting unit that outputs to other devices a signal based on a result of a danger determination executed by the determining unit wherein the obtaining unit obtains from map data the information as to whether a temporary-stop-required point is present in an area surrounding the vehicle, and the determining unit recognizes the point where the vehicle needs to stop when the temporary-stop-required point is determined to be present. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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