ACTION CONTROL METHOD AND ACTION CONTROLLER

• Main Author: TOKUMOCHI DAISUKE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 31.08.2020
• Subjects: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT; SIGNALLING; TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

To provide an action control method and an action controller capable of allowing a vehicle to continue a traveling action of following a traveling route even when a blind area exists.SOLUTION: An autonomous driving ECU is employed in a vehicle As having an outside information recognition device that recognizes a traveling environment, and functions as an action controller that controls action of the vehicle As. According to an action control method to be implemented by a processor of the autonomous driving ECU, a blind area BS which lies at a blind angle of the outside information recognition device along a traveling route PR, which is designated to include leftward turn or lane change, is identified, and a possibility that a moving object may rush from the blind area BS to the traveling route PR is determined. When there is a possibility of rushing from the blind area BS, a possibility lowering action of bringing the rushing possibility to a lower level is initiated prior to implementation of traveling action of the vehicle As along the traveling route PR.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7 【課題】死角領域が存在する場合でも、走行ルートに従う走行行動を車両に継続させることが可能な行動制御方法及び行動制御装置の提供。【解決手段】自動運転ＥＣＵは、走行環境を認識する車外情報認識装置を搭載する車両Ａｓにおいて用いられ、車両Ａｓの行動を制御する行動制御装置として機能する。自動運転ＥＣＵの処理部にて実施される行動制御方法では、左折又は車線変更を含むよう設定された走行ルートＰＲに対し車外情報認識装置の死角となる死角領域ＢＳが特定され、死角領域ＢＳから走行ルートＰＲへの移動物体の飛び出し可能性がさらに判断される。そして、死角領域ＢＳからの飛び出し可能性がある場合に、走行ルートＰＲに従う車両Ａｓの走行行動の実施に先立ち、飛び出し可能性を低い状態に遷移させる可能性低減行動が開始される。【選択図】図７