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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2015
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Katsuhiro Sakai, Hadano, JP;
Hiromitsu Urano, Susono, JP;
Kazuaki Aso, Susono, JP;
Masahiro Harada, Atsugi, JP;
Toshiki Kindo, Yokohama, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a route evaluation device that enables traveling along a route in consideration of an operation of the driver of another vehicle, and can realize a safer traffic environment. A route evaluation device includes a route candidate generation section that generates route candidates of a host-vehicle, a route prediction section that predicts routes of another vehicle, a classification section that classifies the interference states of the route candidates of the host-vehicle and the predicted routes of another vehicle into a plurality of interference forms, and a route evaluation section that evaluates the routes of the host-vehicle on the basis of the interference forms classified by the classification section.