ANOTHER VEHICLE ACTION PREDICTION DEVICE, ANOTHER VEHICLE ACTION PREDICTION METHOD, AND AUTOMATIC DRIVING SYSTEM

• Main Authors: TANIGUCHI TAKUYA, TAKEHARA NARIAKI, TSUSHIMA NAOYUKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 26.09.2022
• 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 another vehicle action prediction device capable of accurately determining the presence/absence of a lane change of another vehicle regardless of a change of a road shape, another vehicle action prediction method, and an automatic driving system.SOLUTION: The present invention relates to an another vehicle action prediction device 35 comprising: a periphery detection unit 35a for detecting another vehicle being present around an own vehicle; a road shape detection unit 35b for detecting a road shape where the other vehicle is positioned; and a lane change prediction unit 35c which predicts the presence/absence of a lane change of the other vehicle based on a detection result of the other vehicle and changes a determination value to be used for predicting the presence/absence of the lane change of the other vehicle based on the road shape where the other vehicle is positioned.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】道路形状の変化にかかわらず、他車両の車線変更の有無を精度よく判定することができる他車両行動予測装置、他車両行動予測方法、及び自動運転システムを提供する。【解決手段】自車両の周囲に存在する他車両を検知する周辺検知部３５ａと、他車両が位置する道路形状を検知する道路形状検知部３５ｂと、他車両の検知結果に基づいて、他車両の車線変更の有無を予測し、他車両が位置する道路形状に基づいて、他車両の車線変更の有無を予測する際に用いる判定値を変化させる車線変更予測部３５ｃと、を備えた他車両行動予測装置３５。【選択図】図１