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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2017
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kimihiko Izaki, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuo Shimotani, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshitaka Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinori Ueno, Tokyo, JP;
Tadashi Miyahara, Tokyo, JP;
Naohiko Obata, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
It is an object of the present invention to correct a travel plan of a vehicle so as to cause a self-vehicle to move to a relative position with lower travel risk. A travel plan correction device in accordance with the present invention includes a risk calculation section setting unit for setting a risk calculation section, a risk calculation unit for calculating a travel risk value, on the basis of a relative position between a target area and a surrounding vehicle and travel control information of the surrounding vehicle, a risk reduction section extraction unit for extracting a section whose travel risk value is lower than that at a traveling spot, out of the risk calculation section, as a risk reduction section, and a travel plan correction unit for correcting the travel plan so as to cause the self-vehicle to move to the risk reduction section.