Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle traveling control device, vehicle traveling control method, and program
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Application No.: US16638140Application Date: 2018-07-13
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Publication No.: US11332146B2Publication Date: 2022-05-17
- Inventor: Takeshi Uemori , Atsushi Ito , Hideki Oyaizu , Suguru Aoki , Ryuta Satoh
- Applicant: Sony Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Xsensus LLP
- Priority: JPJP2017-157820 20170818
- International Application: PCT/JP2018/026525 WO 20180713
- International Announcement: WO2019/035300 WO 20190221
- Main IPC: G01N25/72
- IPC: G01N25/72 ; B60W40/068 ; B60W60/00 ; G01C21/36 ; G01J5/10 ; G01J5/00

Abstract:
An image captured by a far-infrared camera is analyzed to analyze a distribution of a road-surface temperature, and a course of a highest road-surface temperature is determined to be a traveling route. Further, automatic driving along the course of the highest road-surface temperature is performed. Furthermore, a state of the distribution of a road-surface temperature, and a direction of the course of the highest road-surface temperature are displayed on a display section, so that a user (a driver) recognizes them. For example, a state analyzer detects a candidate course travelable for a vehicle, the state analyzer detecting a plurality of the candidate courses, calculates an average value of a road-surface temperature of each of the plurality of the candidate courses, and determines the candidate course having a largest average value of a road-surface temperature to be a traveling route.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200172110A1 VEHICLE TRAVELING CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE TRAVELING CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM Public/Granted day:2020-06-04
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