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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2015
Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki, JP;
Takuya Naka, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Uchiyama, Ibaraki, JP;
Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Hitachinaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
An obstacle-information-managing device determines, with high precision, the presence of an obstacle around a vehicle. The obstacle-information-managing device includes an obstacle-information-acquiring unit, an obstacle-detection-possibility-information-acquiring unit, and an obstacle-presence-determining unit. The obstacle-information-acquiring unit acquires obstacle information pertaining to an obstacle around each of a plurality of vehicles including a host vehicle, the obstacle being detected using environment sensors mounted on the vehicles. The obstacle-detection-possibility-information-acquiring unit acquires obstacle detection possibility information pertaining to the possibility, when at least one obstacle is detected using the environment sensor(s) mounted on at least one of the vehicles and at least one obstacle is not detected using the environment sensor(s) mounted on the remaining vehicle(s), of at least one of the obstacles being detected using the environment sensor(s) mounted on the remaining vehicle(s). The obstacle-presence-determining unit determines the presence of at least one obstacle based on the obstacle-detection-possibility information and the obstacle information.