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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2020
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Kyoichi Tohriyama, Yokohama, JP;
Takuma Ito, Tokyo-to, JP;
Masatsugu Soya, Tokyo-to, JP;
Minoru Kamata, Tokyo-to, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An evaluating apparatus is configured to evaluate a risk that exists in surroundings of a road on which a vehicle travels. The evaluating apparatus is provided with: a first determinator configured to determine a first risk value indicating an extent of a risk in one section of the road, on the basis of a feature value indicating driving behavior of a driver of the vehicle; a second determinator configured to determine a second risk value indicating an extent of a risk in the one section, on the basis of surrounding information about the surroundings of the road; and an acquirer configured to obtain reliability of the second risk value, by evaluating the second risk value by using the first risk value.