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Vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus and traveling control system incorporating the apparatus

  • US 20040060756A1
  • Filed: 09/17/2003
  • Published: 04/01/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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