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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2018
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Shigehiro Honda, Wako, JP;
Hiroshi Miura, Wako, JP;
Assignee:
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/12 (2020.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B60W 10/30 (2006.01); B60W 40/06 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/12 (2013.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01); B60W 10/30 (2013.01); B60W 40/06 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2420/52 (2013.01); B60W 2552/00 (2020.02); B60W 2554/801 (2020.02); B60W 2710/30 (2013.01); B60W 2754/10 (2020.02);
Abstract
A peripheral vehicle is detected from an image captured by a camera, and the tire grounded portion of the peripheral vehicle is specified. Whether the color of a peripheral region of the specified tire grounded portion is white is determined. If the color is white, it is determined that the road condition of a traffic lane where the peripheral vehicle is traveling is snow.