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Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 28, 2017
Applicant:

Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho, Nagakute-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;

Inventors:

Tatsuya Miyano, Nagakute, JP;

Kazuki Shibata, Nagakute, JP;

Tomohiko Jimbo, Nagakute, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 23/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G05B 19/02 (2006.01); G01S 19/01 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2013.01); G05B 19/02 (2013.01); H04N 7/185 (2013.01); G01S 19/01 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30232 (2013.01);
Abstract

A blind spot coverage device that includes: a sensor section that senses external environmental information; a definition section that defines an external environmental region, in which sensing information is unobtainable, as a blind spot region; a determination section that determines whether or not the blind spot region is to be covered; and an instructing section that, in a case in which the determination section determines that the blind spot region is to be covered, instructs an actuator to move such that the blind spot region is covered. The determination section determines that the blind spot region is to be covered in a case in which determination is made that the blind spot region lacks global coverage.


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