Subaru Corporation

Shota Yoshimura

Kazuki Takahashi

Hikaru Yoshikawa

Keisuke Motegi

Masatoshi Minakawa

Shingo Ugajin

A vehicle traveling environment detecting apparatus includes first to third stereo cameras, first to third image processors, and an image controller. The first stereo camera includes first and second cameras. The second stereo camera includes the first camera and a third camera. The third stereo camera includes the second camera and a fourth camera. The first to third image processors are configured to perform stereo image processing on first to third outside images and thereby determine first to third image processing information including first to third distance information, respectively. The first to third outside images are configured to be obtained through imaging of an environment outside the vehicle by the first to third stereo cameras, respectively. The image controller is configured to perform integration of the first image processing information, the second image processing information, and the third image processing information and thereby recognize a traveling environment of the vehicle.

Vehicle traveling environment detecting apparatus and vehicle traveling controlling system

An automatic driving system includes a vehicle control calculator, a f recognizer, a passerby recognition calculator, and a notifier. The vehicle control calculator causes an vehicle to perform automatic traveling along a traveling route. The recognizer acquires information on a traveling environment ahead of the vehicle. The passerby recognition calculator recognizes a passerby ahead of the vehicle based on the information on the traveling environment. The notifier notifies the passerby of a recognition state that the passerby is recognized, when the passerby is recognized by the passerby recognition calculator. The passerby recognition calculator examines whether the recognized passerby is facing a direction of the vehicle based on information on the passerby, acquired by the recognizer, and specifies the passerby as a notification target passerby when recognizing the passerby facing the direction of the vehicle. The notifier notifies the recognition state to the notification target passerby.

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Shota Yoshimura