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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
May. 06, 2011
Toru Miyamoto, Susono, JP;
Akihide Tachibana, Susono, JP;
Toru Miyamoto, Susono, JP;
Akihide Tachibana, Susono, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle course estimation device which includes: a direction indicator sensor which detects an operating state of a direction indicator of a vehicle; a distance detection section which detects a distance between the vehicle and an intersection located at a travel direction side of the vehicle; a reference speed calculation section which calculates a reference speed, which is a speed for the vehicle to arrive at the intersection after a predetermined time, on the basis of the distance between the vehicle and the intersection located at the travel direction side of the vehicle, which has been detected by the distance detection section, when an operation of the direction indicator is detected by the direction indicator sensor; and a course estimation section which estimates a course of the vehicle on the basis of a speed of the vehicle with respect to the reference speed calculated by the reference speed calculation section.