Hitachi, Ltd.

Kenichirou Kurata

Toshimichi Minowa

Tatsuya Ochi

Shigeru Matsuo

Satoru Kuragaki

Hiroshi Kuroda

Noriyasu Hasejima

Yoshiyuki Yoshida

Makoto Shioya

Takuya Imaide

Kazuaki Takano

Masaya Itoh

Hiroto Morizane

So Sasatani

Naoyuki Tanaka

Ryosuke Miki

A photographing device for photographing a monitored area has a state diagnosis of a camera using a stereo camera configured by two or more cameras. A diagnostic pattern database is provided in which information on a plurality of images having different photographing conditions obtained by the stereo camera are stored in advance as diagnostic patterns. Disparity information is acquired based on image data from the stereo camera and a state diagnosis of the camera is performed by determining whether the camera is abnormal or normal based on the disparity information with reference to the information on the plurality of images having different photographing conditions stored in the diagnostic pattern database. Upon receiving a result of the state diagnosis, at least one of illumination control, shutter control, and posture control of the camera or the stereo camera is performed.

Photographing device and photographing method

An outside recognition device according to the present invention has an object to perform distance measurement of an obstacle detected with a surrounding monitoring camera at a low cost. The outside recognition device according to the present invention has a stereo camera that measures a distance in front of the vehicle, a surrounding monitoring camera that photographs a surrounding area of the vehicle, a three-dimensional measuring unit that measures a photographing range of the surrounding monitoring camera with the stereo camera by means for rotating the stereo camera, and generates three-dimensional information from the measurement result, a distance correction information generating unit that generates distance correction information corresponding to a photographing direction of surrounding monitoring camera from the three-dimensional information, and a distance measuring unit that measures a position of the obstacle detected with a surrounding monitoring camera.

Outside recognition device

An autonomous driving vehicle includes map information storage means, sensor state evaluation means, movement obstacle evaluation means, and speed limit value setting means. When the result of the evaluation of the sensor state evaluation means is within a first range, and a result of the evaluation of the movement obstacle evaluation means is without a second range, then a speed limit value is set based on the result of the evaluation of the sensor state evaluation means and then driving is continued within a range of the limit value.

Autonomous driving vehicle and autonomous driving system

An object recognition device includes a camera () and a radar (), detects an estimated plane region estimated to be a plane from an image from the camera () (S), and calculates a plane equation for the estimated plane region (S). The object recognition device interpolates and estimates distance data within the estimated plane region based on the plane equation and the measured distance data from the radar (S) and obtains the distance to an object by using the distance data. Accordingly, it is possible to obtain dense distance data throughout the estimated plane region and to detect the distance to small objects and distant objects.

Object recognition device

A blind spot estimation portion for estimating the blind spot region of the object in the bucket; a blind spot region shape estimation portion for estimating a shape of the object in the blind spot region; and a volume estimation portion for estimating a volume of the object in the blind spot region are included, the blind spot estimation portion estimates the blind spot region by mesh disparity data obtained from a captured image of the object in the bucket imaged by a plurality of cameras, the blind spot region shape estimation portion estimates the shape of the object in the blind spot region by the mesh disparity data, and the volume estimation portion estimates the volume of the object in the blind spot region based on the shape of the object in the blind spot region estimated by the blind spot region shape estimation portion and a shape of a bottom of the bucket.

Volume estimation device and work machine using same

Excavation is performed using an excavation device so that positions of a bucket and of an excavated material are measured with high accuracy. Safe excavation work is realized by having the excavation device include a stereo camera, and by recognizing a bucket from an image photographed by the camera, measuring a position of the bucket, recognizing an excavated material to be separated from the ground from the image photographed by the camera, measuring a position of the excavated material, and measuring a positional relationship between the bucket and the excavated material in the same screen.

Excavation device using stereo camera and angle sensors to position bucket

Method and apparatus for controller power train of motor vehicle

The vehicle power train control method and apparatus according to the invention secures both operability and safety by controlling an actual acceleration/deceleration to a target acceleration/deceleration requested by a driver under safe traveling condition, and changing the target acceleration/deceleration so as to take precedence for safe traveling if the driver encounters a dangerous traveling condition. According to the invention, acceleration/deceleration and speed of a motor vehicle are detected; a target acceleration/deceleration is determined; and a road condition such as a road gradient or presence or absence of a forward motor vehicle is detected to decide whether the road condition is dangerous. The target acceleration is changed if the condition is decided to be dangerous.

An engine powertrain control device is configured to reduce data amounts of characteristics of a torque converter and realize torque estimation with high accuracy. A device detects or computes rotating speeds of input and output shafts of the torque converter. A device computes a ratio (speed ratio) between the rotating speed of the input shaft and the rotating speed of the output shaft of the torque converter. A device stores data of a pump capacity coefficient and torque ratio product of the torque converter and computes a value of the product corresponding to a value of the speed ratio computed above, and a device is provided for computing an output shaft torque of the torque converter by using the value of the computed product.

Engine powertrain control device and method for a vehicle

It is an object of this invention to provide a control device and method for realizing safe running of a vehicle by making accurate judgment of the driving skill of a driver. The vehicle safe-running control device comprises: a means for setting a target course for a vehicle; a means for determining an actual course followed by a wheel of the vehicle; a course deviation calculation means for calculating a difference between the two course; a driving ability decision means for judging the driving ability of a driver of the vehicle; a control parameter calculation means for calculating control parameters according to the driving ability; and a power train control means required for controlling the running of the vehicle.

Control device and method for a vehicle running safely

A signal detector is located before an automatic transmission for detecting timing such that torque outputted from a torque converter of the automatic transmission at the moment of upshifting changes from clutch before shift to clutch after shift. A signal detector is located after the automatic transmission for detecting timing such that torque outputted from a torque converter of said automatic transmission at the moment of downshifting changes from clutch before shift to clutch after shift. An apparatus executes the driving shaft torque control in response to the changes in both torque signal detectors.

Method and apparatus for controlling automatic transmission of a motor

Safety of the distance between vehicles is judged by monitoring whether or not an object other than a front road surface, namely, a preceding vehicle, exists in a predetermined area of the front road surface which is recognized by a picture processing unit used as a sensor for recognizing traffic states of the front road, without recognizing an image of a preceding vehicle having a complicated shape and a plurality of colors of the preceding vehicle by means of picture processing.

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Tokyo, Japan

Kenichirou Kurata