VEHICULAR OPERATION SUPPORT DEVICE

• Main Authors: ISHIKAWA TOSHIHIRO, UCHIUMI SHOJI, IYODA TERU, TAKAHASHI HIDEKI, YONEZAWA YASUNOBU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 26.02.2009
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL; CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS; MOTOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OFVEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT; SIGNALLING; TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; TRAILERS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To avoid a collision with a pedestrian running out in the front of one's own vehicle while chasing a ball. SOLUTION: When an obstacle in front of the one's own vehicle (100) is a play article (300) such as a ball, the steering of the one's own vehicle (100) is controlled in the advancing direction of the play article (300) (Figs.3(c), (e)). When the obstacle is the pedestrian (200), the steering of the one's own vehicle (100) is controlled in the opposite direction of the moving direction of the pedestrian (200) (Figs.3(b), (d)). When a position of the pedestrian (200) is "the right side" and "the left from the right" direction in the moving direction in front of the one's own vehicle (100), or the position of the pedestrian (200) is "the left side" and "the right from the left" direction in the moving direction, avoidance steering is not performed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT