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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2022
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Yoshimitsu Murahashi, Wako, JP;
Yohei Kitahara, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Proceed-or-stop determination apparatus, includes: camera mounted on self-driving vehicle and configured to acquire image in traveling direction of the vehicle; speed acquisition unit configured to acquire traveling speed of the vehicle; position acquisition unit configured to acquire position of the vehicle with respect to stop position corresponding to traffic light in the traveling direction; and controller. The controller is configured to perform: recognizing the traffic light at predetermined cycle based on the image; recognizing lighting state of the traffic light; and determining whether the vehicle should proceed or stop at the predetermined cycle based on the lighting state, traveling speed, and position, when the traffic light is recognized. The controller determines whether the vehicle should proceed or stop further based on previous determination result in previous cycle and the lighting state recognized in the previous cycle.