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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2021
Denso Corporation, Aichi-pref., JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Takatoshi Tosa, Kariya, JP;
Takayuki Kondoh, Kariya, JP;
Shin Tanaka, Numazu, JP;
Yuta Ikezawa, Susono, JP;
Kazuhiro Morimoto, Toyota, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Aichi-pref., JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
In a road type determination apparatus, an image information acquiring unit acquires image information in which an image of a travel road on which a vehicle is traveling is captured. A scene determining unit determines a traveling scene of the travel road based on the image information. An ordinary road likelihood calculating unit calculates an ordinary road likelihood that indicates that a type of the travel road of the vehicle is an ordinary road based on the traveling scene. A limited-access road likelihood calculating unit calculates a limited-access road likelihood that indicates that the type of the travel road of the vehicle is a limited-access road based on the traveling scene. A type determining unit determines the type of the travel road of the vehicle based on the ordinary road likelihood and the limited-access road likelihood.