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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2018
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takamori Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present technique relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, a program, and a vehicle which realize improvement of accuracy of detecting a contact between a vehicle and an obstacle. The information processing device includes an obstacle detection unit that detects an obstacle in a surrounding area of a vehicle, a contact prediction unit that predicts contact between the vehicle and the obstacle on the basis of a detection result of the obstacle, an event detection unit that detects an event which occurs due to contact between the vehicle and an object, and a contact detection unit that detects contact between the vehicle and the obstacle on the basis of a detection result of the event, during a period of time during which a possibility of contact between the vehicle and the obstacle is predicted. The present technique is applicable to a vehicle, for example.