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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2022
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Akira Itoh, Kariya, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A travel assistance device includes: an inner area prediction unit predicting a with-vehicle interaction that is a behavior taken, in response to a state of the subject vehicle, by a moving object within an inner area around the subject vehicle; an outer area prediction unit predicting a with-environment interaction that is a behavior taken by a moving object according to surrounding environment of the moving object within an outer area further to the subject vehicle than the inner area; an outer area planning unit planning a future behavior of the subject vehicle based on the predicted with-environment interaction, wherein the future behavior is a behavior pattern of the subject vehicle realized by traveling control; and an inner area planning unit planning a future trajectory of the subject vehicle in accordance with the future behavior based on the predicted with-vehicle interaction.