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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2023
Applicant:
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Inventor:
Tomohito Terazawa, Kariya, JP;
Assignee:
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18163 (2013.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2555/20 (2020.02);
Abstract
A vehicle position estimation device includes a control unit configured to: specify a vehicle position on a map based on (i) position information of a landmark detected based on an image frame captured by a front camera and (ii) position information of the landmark registered in the map; determine whether a surrounding environment of the vehicle is an adverse environment based on at least one of (i) information output from a sensor equipped to the vehicle or (ii) information output from a communication device equipped to the vehicle. The control unit changes a content of process corresponding to a determination result of adverse environment.