Vehicle travel track estimator
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1. A vehicle travel track estimator comprising:
- a plurality of target vehicle travel track estimating units that each estimate, in different ways, a travel track of a single target vehicle which is likely to collide with a driver'"'"'s own vehicle; and
a characteristic detecting unit that detects characteristics of the target vehicle,wherein the plurality of target vehicle target track estimating units estimate a first target vehicle travel track under conditions that the target vehicle observes the traffic regulations and a second target vehicle travel track under conditions that the target vehicle does not observe the traffic regulations, as the travel path of the single target vehicle,wherein either the first target vehicle travel track or the second target vehicle travel track is selected as the travel path of the single target vehicle on the basis of the characteristics of the target vehicle, to estimate the travel track of the target vehicle.
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Abstract
A vehicle risk level acquiring ECU calculates and acquires a plurality of courses of other vehicles around a driver'"'"'s own vehicle, and acquires the predicted course of the driver'"'"'s own vehicle. The vehicle risk level acquiring ECU calculates the collision probability of the driver'"'"'s own vehicle as collision possibility on the basis of the predicted course of the driver'"'"'s own vehicle and the plurality of courses of other vehicles.
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1. A vehicle travel track estimator comprising:
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a plurality of target vehicle travel track estimating units that each estimate, in different ways, a travel track of a single target vehicle which is likely to collide with a driver'"'"'s own vehicle; and a characteristic detecting unit that detects characteristics of the target vehicle, wherein the plurality of target vehicle target track estimating units estimate a first target vehicle travel track under conditions that the target vehicle observes the traffic regulations and a second target vehicle travel track under conditions that the target vehicle does not observe the traffic regulations, as the travel path of the single target vehicle, wherein either the first target vehicle travel track or the second target vehicle travel track is selected as the travel path of the single target vehicle on the basis of the characteristics of the target vehicle, to estimate the travel track of the target vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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