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Patent No.:

US 9849876 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 02, 2016

Collision avoidance assistance device for a vehicle

Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;

Inventors:

Edgar Yoshio Morales Teraoka, Susono, JP;

Shin Tanaka, Numazu, JP;

Yoshitaka Oikawa, Numazu, JP;

Assignee:

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken, JP;

Attorney:

Sughrue Mion, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Yonel Beaulieu

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/00 (2006.01); B60W 10/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); G01S 13/04 (2006.01); B60W 30/095 (2012.01); B60W 30/14 (2006.01); B60Q 1/04 (2006.01); B60Q 5/00 (2006.01); B60R 1/00 (2006.01); B60W 10/184 (2012.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/0956 (2013.01); B60Q 1/04 (2013.01); B60Q 5/006 (2013.01); B60R 1/00 (2013.01); B60W 10/184 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 30/14 (2013.01); G06K 9/00369 (2013.01); G06K 9/00805 (2013.01); G08G 1/166 (2013.01); B60W 2520/06 (2013.01); B60W 2550/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

A collision avoidance assistance device for a vehicle is provided. The collision avoidance assistance device includes a camera configured to acquire an image of an area around the vehicle and a controller. The controller is configured to: detect an image of an animal in the image of the area around the vehicle; determine a type of the animal detected in the image; retrieve behavior characteristics index values representing behavior characteristics of the determined type of the animal; calculate a future presence area of the animal based on the behavior characteristics index values; determine a probability of a collision between the animal and the vehicle based on the calculated future presence area of the animal; and perform a collision avoidance assistance function based on the determined probability of the collision between the animal and the vehicle.

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