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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2000
Koji Kubota, Tokyo, JP;
Naoya Noguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Moteki, Tokyo, JP;
Harutada Ooya, Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Murakami, Kyoto, JP;
Masaya Yamada, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Takahashi, Yokohama, JP;
Akihiko Takiguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Kuno, Kariya, JP;
Hisashi Ezure, Kawasaki, JP;
Tetsuaki Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Ryoji Matsubara, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuyuki Ohira, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenichi Ohtani, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Mashimo, Tokyo, JP;
Takao Inobe, Kadoma, JP;
Kazumasa Miyamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Kazutaka Kawahara, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The collision with pedestrian prevention system according to the present invention comprises pedestrian detection means, road surface conditions detection means, road information accumulation means, vehicle position detection means, vehicle state detection means, processing means, information output means, and vehicle control means. Because of the configuration, the driver is alerted the presence of any pedestrian on a pedestrian's crossing and can immediately correct operations for handling the vehicle without being perplexed by the information just about to finish crossing the road. This system works only when there is the possibility of collision between a pedestrian on a pedestrian's crossing and a vehicle, and provides automatic controls for decelerating or stopping the vehicle when the driver can stop the vehicle by emergently braking over a distance from the vehicle to the pedestrian's crossing.