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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2018
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Kazuya Furukawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A monitoring unit is configured to monitor a hazardous area and an adjacent area to check whether an obstacle is present. The hazardous area includes a portion, in an intersection, of a host vehicle traveling route of a host vehicle that is to pass through the intersection, and the adjacent area includes an approach portion to the hazardous area of an intersecting vehicle traveling route that intersects with the host vehicle traveling route at the intersection. A determination unit is configured to determine a different control content in accordance with whether the monitoring unit detects presence of an obstacle in the hazardous area or the monitoring unit detects presence of an obstacle in the adjacent area.