Vehicular control apparatus and method
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1. A vehicular control apparatus comprising:
- a traveling environment measurement section comprising a camera and configured to measure a traveling environment of a forward position of an advance direction of a vehicle in which an actuator for a vehicular control purpose is mounted; and
a control unit comprising;
a reliability determination section configured to determine a reliability of a stop-line drawn on a road surface or a mark obtained from the result of measurement used for the determination of whether the vehicle should be decelerated; and
an actuator control section configured to perform an operation of the actuator with the determined reliability as a requiring condition, wherein;
the reliability determination section calculates brilliances of a plurality of points of places within an image of the road surface as the traveling environment photographed by the camera, and determines the reliability of the stop-line drawn on the road surface, according to the brilliances of the image photographed by the camera,the control unit of the vehicular control apparatus further comprises;
a proper stop position coefficient setting section configured to set a coefficient corresponding to a kind of a signal or mark which is measured by the traveling environment measurement section, andthe reliability determination section calculates the reliability of presence on the measured traveling environment on a basis of the determined reliability and the set coefficient, and the actuator control section operates the actuator in accordance with the calculated reliability of presence.
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Abstract
In vehicular control apparatus and method, a traveling environment of a forward position of an advance direction of a vehicle in which an actuator for a vehicular control purpose is mounted is detected, a reliability of a result of measurement of the traveling environment by the traveling environment measurement section is determined, and an operation of the actuator is determined with the determined reliability as a requiring condition.
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1. A vehicular control apparatus comprising:
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a traveling environment measurement section comprising a camera and configured to measure a traveling environment of a forward position of an advance direction of a vehicle in which an actuator for a vehicular control purpose is mounted; and a control unit comprising; a reliability determination section configured to determine a reliability of a stop-line drawn on a road surface or a mark obtained from the result of measurement used for the determination of whether the vehicle should be decelerated; and an actuator control section configured to perform an operation of the actuator with the determined reliability as a requiring condition, wherein; the reliability determination section calculates brilliances of a plurality of points of places within an image of the road surface as the traveling environment photographed by the camera, and determines the reliability of the stop-line drawn on the road surface, according to the brilliances of the image photographed by the camera, the control unit of the vehicular control apparatus further comprises;
a proper stop position coefficient setting section configured to set a coefficient corresponding to a kind of a signal or mark which is measured by the traveling environment measurement section, andthe reliability determination section calculates the reliability of presence on the measured traveling environment on a basis of the determined reliability and the set coefficient, and the actuator control section operates the actuator in accordance with the calculated reliability of presence. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A vehicular control apparatus comprising:
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a camera photographing a situation of a forward position of an advance direction of a vehicle in which a braking controller is mounted; and
a control unit comprising;a reliability determination section configured to determine a reliability of whether a stop line or mark drawn on a road surface and used to determine whether the vehicle should be decelerated, is present from an image photographed by means of the camera; and
a braking control section configured to control an operation of the braking controller in accordance with the determined reliability, whereinthe reliability determination section calculates respective brilliances of a plurality of points of places within an image of the road surface photographed by the camera as the traveling environment, and determines the reliability of the stop-line drawn on the road surface, on a basis of the calculated brilliances, the control unit of the vehicular control apparatus further comprises;
a proper stop position coefficient setting section configured to set a coefficient corresponding to a kind of a signal or a mark which is measured by the traveling environment measurement section, andthe reliability determination section calculates the reliability of presence on the measured traveling environment on a basis of the determined reliability and the set coefficient, and the braking control section operates the braking controller in accordance with the calculated reliability of presence. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A vehicular control method comprising:
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photographing, via a camera, a situation of a forward position of an advance direction of a vehicle in which a braking controller is mounted; determining a reliability of whether a stop line or mark drawn on a road surface used to determine whether the vehicle should be decelerated, is present from an image photographed by means of the camera; and controlling an operation of the braking controller in accordance with the determined reliability, wherein respective brilliances of a plurality of points of places within an image of the road surface photographed by the camera, are calculated as the traveling environment, the reliability of the stop-line drawn on the road surface is determined on a basis of the calculated brilliances, and a coefficient corresponding to a kind of a signal or a mark which is measured is set, and the reliability of presence on the measured traveling environment is calculated on a basis of the determined reliability and the set coefficient, and the braking controller is operated in accordance with the calculated reliability of presence. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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