ON-VEHICLE DRIVE SUPPORT DEVICE AND ROAD-TO-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique for supporting a vehicle drive based on signal information in an appropriate manner corresponding to the situation of surrounding vehicles.SOLUTION: Based on signal information received from a traffic signal 2, information of travelling situation received...

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Main Author KAGAWA MASAKAZU
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 02.02.2012
Subjects
PHYSICS
SIGNALLING
TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
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Summary:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique for supporting a vehicle drive based on signal information in an appropriate manner corresponding to the situation of surrounding vehicles.SOLUTION: Based on signal information received from a traffic signal 2, information of travelling situation received from a positioning section 10 and a vehicle speed sensor 32, and information on surrounding vehicles obtained by a radar/camera 31 and a radio communication section 15, an on-vehicle device 1 makes a judgment of situation concerning the adequateness of approaching to an intersection and necessity of lane change for supporting vehicle drive under a situation that surrounding vehicles do not cause any trouble. The on-vehicle device 1 determines a drive support content for supporting drive of own vehicle from a present position up to the intersection corresponding to the judgment result of the situation, and executes a predetermined drive support according to the determined drive support content.
Bibliography:Application Number: JP20100160726