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Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021

Filed:

Apr. 12, 2019
Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;

Inventors:

Yosuke Kimura, Nissin, JP;

Hiroshi Majima, Shinagawa-ku, JP;

Masaya Fujimori, Susono, JP;

Takeo Moriai, Nagakute, JP;

Tatsuya Obuchi, Obu, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/072 (2012.01); B60W 40/107 (2012.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/072 (2013.01); B60W 40/107 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); B60W 2552/00 (2020.02); B60W 2554/00 (2020.02); B60W 2556/45 (2020.02);
Abstract

A road surface condition estimation apparatus () is provided with a collecting device () for collecting, from vehicle (), behavior information relating to a behavior of the vehicle; a determining device () for determining on the basis of the behavior information whether or not an abnormality condition is satisfied, the abnormality condition being set on the basis of a specific behavior that is expected to be taken by the vehicle when the vehicle encounters a road surface abnormality; and an estimating device () for estimating a condition of the road surface on the basis of a determined result of the determining device.


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