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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2017
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Kenta Maeda, Tokyo, JP;
Junya Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
HITACHI, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A travel control device includes an operation acquiring unit for acquiring an operation by a driver of a host moving body; an outside-world information acquiring unit for acquiring outside-world information of the periphery of the host moving body; a moving-body information acquiring unit for acquiring moving-body information relating to a travel state of the host moving body; a travelable-range management unit for managing the range travelable by the moving body; and a control unit for controlling travel by the moving body on the basis of the operation acquired by the operation acquiring unit, the outside-world information acquired by the outside-world information acquiring unit, the moving-body information acquired by the moving-body information acquiring unit, and the travelable range managed by the travelable-range management unit, the travelable-range management unit including a travelable-range enlargement unit for enlarging the travelable range, and a travelable-range evaluation unit for evaluating the travelable range.