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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2018
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Uemori, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideki Oyaizu, Tokyo, JP;
Suguru Aoki, Tokyo, JP;
Ryuta Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image captured by a far-infrared camera is analyzed to analyze a distribution of a road-surface temperature, and a course of a highest road-surface temperature is determined to be a traveling route. Further, automatic driving along the course of the highest road-surface temperature is performed. Furthermore, a state of the distribution of a road-surface temperature, and a direction of the course of the highest road-surface temperature are displayed on a display section, so that a user (a driver) recognizes them. For example, a state analyzer detects a candidate course travelable for a vehicle, the state analyzer detecting a plurality of the candidate courses, calculates an average value of a road-surface temperature of each of the plurality of the candidate courses, and determines the candidate course having a largest average value of a road-surface temperature to be a traveling route.