Abstract:
An azimuth of the direction of travel of the host vehicle is acquired, a radius of the road on which the host vehicle is traveling is estimated, a location of another vehicle is acquired, an azimuth of the direction of travel of the other vehicle is acquired, the other vehicle is positioned on a coordinate system, an origin of which is the host vehicle, and an axis of which is the estimated road radius in the direction of travel of the host vehicle, and determination is made on whether or not the other vehicle is on the same course as the host vehicle by taking account of the width of the course, location error, azimuth error, error in the estimated road radius, error due to drift of the vehicle, and change in the curvature of the course.
Abstract:
Apparatus for synchronizing the rotating cutter and rotating workpiece of a gear cutting machine, featuring, in one aspect, correcting synchronism errors due to the time lag between application of a command signal and a corresponding movement of the workpiece by delaying or advancing the command signal by an amount dependent on the time lag and, in another aspect, synchronizing circuits which process pulse-encoded measurements of cutter rotation and axial translation to provide a command signal for driving the workpiece.
Abstract:
An azimuth of the direction of travel of the host vehicle is acquired, a radius of the road on which the host vehicle is traveling is estimated, a location of another vehicle is acquired, an azimuth of the direction of travel of the other vehicle is acquired, the other vehicle is positioned on a coordinate system, an origin of which is the host vehicle, and an axis of which is the estimated road radius in the direction of travel of the host vehicle, and determination is made on whether or not the other vehicle is on the same course as the host vehicle by taking account of the width of the course, location error, azimuth error, error in the estimated road radius, error due to drift of the vehicle, and change in the curvature of the course.
Abstract:
Information for generating a target speed pattern is computed from information acquired from various sensors and a running mode input switch, so as to generate the target speed pattern (S16). A process for determining whether to form a vehicle group or not calculates the difference between the target vehicle pattern of the own vehicle and a target speed pattern of another vehicle or vehicle group obtained through inter-vehicle communication, so as to determine whether to form the vehicle group or not (S22, S28, S32). This can determine whether to run solo or form a vehicle group according to a driver's demand.
Abstract:
In a vehicle travel support device 10, an ECU 4 includes an air resistance distribution acquisition unit 41, a target traveling position determination unit 43, and a travel support unit 44. The air resistance distribution acquisition unit 41 acquires air resistance distribution in the left and right directions of a host vehicle. The target traveling position determination unit 43 determines a target traveling position of the host vehicle against a preceding vehicle using the air resistance distribution. The travel support unit 44 performs support to guide the host vehicle to the target traveling position. According to this vehicle travel support device 10, even if an area in which a large aerodynamic effect is obtained by a preceding vehicle deviates in the left and right directions of the host vehicle, the host vehicle can be guided to a position corresponding to the deviation. Because of this, the fuel efficiency can be effectively improved.
Abstract:
A cruise control plan evaluation device (10) that evaluates safety of a cruise control plan for an automatically-operated vehicle includes: a behavior prediction unit (16a) that predicts a behavior that may be exhibited by a nearby vehicle, which is present near the automatically-operated vehicle, at a given time point; a position prediction unit (16b) that predicts a position of the nearby vehicle after the given time point based on a position of the nearby vehicle at the given time point and the behavior predicted by the behavior prediction unit (16a); and an evaluation unit (20) that evaluates the safety of the cruise control plan based on the position of the nearby vehicle predicted by the position prediction unit (16b) and a position that is reached by the automatically-operated vehicle according to the cruise control plan.
Abstract:
A lane departure prevention apparatus (17) has: a controlling device (172) configured to control a braking device (122) so that prevention yaw moment for preventing a vehicle from departing from a driving lane; and determining device (173) configured to determine whether or not slip ratio of a front wheel is larger than a first threshold value (KSfr) and whether or not slip ratio of a rear wheel is larger than a second threshold value (KSrr), the controlling device is configured to control the braking device so that the braking force applied from the braking device becomes smaller than the braking force for applying the prevention yaw moment, if it is determined that the slip ratio of the front wheel is larger than the first threshold value and/or the slip ratio of the rear wheel is larger than the second threshold value.
Abstract:
A cruise control plan evaluation device (10) that evaluates safety of a cruise control plan for an automatically-operated vehicle includes: a behavior prediction unit (16a) that predicts a behavior that may be exhibited by a nearby vehicle, which is present near the automatically-operated vehicle, at a given time point; a position prediction unit (16b) that predicts a position of the nearby vehicle after the given time point based on a position of the nearby vehicle at the given time point and the behavior predicted by the behavior prediction unit (16a); and an evaluation unit (20) that evaluates the safety of the cruise control plan based on the position of the nearby vehicle predicted by the position prediction unit (16b) and a position that is reached by the automatically-operated vehicle according to the cruise control plan.
Abstract:
An automatic operation control apparatus controls an automatic operation of a host vehicle in cooperation with another vehicle. In this apparatus, a nearby vehicle behavior prediction unit predicts the behavior of a vehicle near the host vehicle, a reception unit receives the result of prediction on the behavior of a vehicle, the prediction being made at the other vehicle, and a cruise control plan preparation unit prepares a cruise control plan for the host vehicle using the result of prediction made at the host vehicle and the result of prediction received from the other vehicle.
Abstract:
Information for generating a target speed pattern is computed from information acquired from various sensors and a running mode input switch, so as to generate the target speed pattern (S16). A process for determining whether to form a vehicle group or not calculates the difference between the target vehicle pattern of the own vehicle and a target speed pattern of another vehicle or vehicle group obtained through inter-vehicle communication, so as to determine whether to form the vehicle group or not (S22, S28, S32). This can determine whether to run solo or form a vehicle group according to a driver's demand.