Vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus and traveling control system incorporating the apparatus
First Claim
1. A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus, comprising:
- frontal information detecting means for detecting at least solid object information in front of an own vehicle;
preceding vehicle recognizing means for recognizing a preceding vehicle based on said solid object information;
traveling path estimating means for estimating a traveling path of said own vehicle;
first evacuation possibility judging means for judging a first possibility of relative evacuation of said preceding vehicle when viewed from said own vehicle according to the position of said preceding vehicle and the position of said own vehicle;
second evacuation possibility judging means for judging a second possibility of relative evacuation of said preceding vehicle when viewed from said own vehicle according to information of solid objects other than said preceding vehicle; and
preceding vehicle evacuation possibility judging means for judging a possibility of relative evacuation of said preceding vehicle when viewed from said own vehicle based on said first possibility obtained from said first evacuation possibility judging means and said second possibility obtained from said second evacuation possibility judging means.
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Abstract
A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus, comprises frontal information detecting means for detecting solid object information in front of an own vehicle, preceding vehicle recognizing means for recognizing a preceding vehicle based on the solid object information, traveling path estimating means for estimating a traveling path of the own vehicle, first evacuation possibility judging means for judging a first possibility of relative evacuation between the preceding vehicle and the own vehicle according to positions of the preceding vehicle and the own vehicle, second evacuation possibility judging means for judging a second possibility of relative evacuation between the preceding vehicle and the own vehicle according to information of solid objects other than the preceding vehicle, and preceding vehicle evacuation possibility judging means for judging a final possibility of relative evacuation between the preceding vehicle and the own vehicle based on the first possibility and the second possibility.
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10 Claims
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1. A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus, comprising:
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frontal information detecting means for detecting at least solid object information in front of an own vehicle;
preceding vehicle recognizing means for recognizing a preceding vehicle based on said solid object information;
traveling path estimating means for estimating a traveling path of said own vehicle;
first evacuation possibility judging means for judging a first possibility of relative evacuation of said preceding vehicle when viewed from said own vehicle according to the position of said preceding vehicle and the position of said own vehicle;
second evacuation possibility judging means for judging a second possibility of relative evacuation of said preceding vehicle when viewed from said own vehicle according to information of solid objects other than said preceding vehicle; and
preceding vehicle evacuation possibility judging means for judging a possibility of relative evacuation of said preceding vehicle when viewed from said own vehicle based on said first possibility obtained from said first evacuation possibility judging means and said second possibility obtained from said second evacuation possibility judging means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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