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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2009
Applicant:
Yoshiaki Tsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yoshiaki Tsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 19/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); B60W 30/10 (2006.01); B60W 30/16 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/161 (2013.01); B60W 30/10 (2013.01); B60W 30/16 (2013.01); B60W 2420/42 (2013.01); B60W 2420/62 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2550/402 (2013.01);
Abstract
A train-of-vehicle travel support device which enables a train-of-vehicle travel of a plurality of vehicles even on a running road in which no magnetic marker is embedded. The train-of-vehicle travel support device includes a sensor unit obtaining road line shape data of a feature on a road surface, a processor unit obtaining running control data based on comparison of the road line shape data obtained by the sensor unit and reference data which has been previously stored, and an inter-vehicle communication device transmitting wirelessly the running control data obtained by the processor unit to a following vehicle.