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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2017
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Inventors:
Ken Ishikawa, Nagoya, JP;
Naoki Yoshikawa, Nagoya, JP;
Yasuyuki Kusumoto, Chiryu, JP;
Kento Nagashima, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/16 (2006.01); B60W 30/095 (2012.01); B60W 40/04 (2006.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/166 (2013.01); B60W 30/095 (2013.01); B60W 40/04 (2013.01); G08G 1/00 (2013.01); G08G 1/16 (2013.01); B60W 2554/00 (2020.02); B60W 2756/10 (2020.02);
Abstract
An obstacle determination system includes an avoidance behavior detection unit configured to detect an avoidance behavior that is a behavior of a vehicle avoiding an obstacle, and an obstacle determination unit configured to determine that the obstacle is present when a road on which the avoidance behavior occurs is not a road on which avoidance of an oncoming vehicle is needed.