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Title:
TRAVEL SUPPORTING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2010247580
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a travel supporting device capable of more safely supporting travel of an automobile, when the automobile is to avoid road surface covering material.

The travel supporting device 1 includes a radar 12 for nearest side for acquiring a shape of a road 201; a front monitoring radar 11 for detecting snow 301, which covers the road 201 and for extracting a travelable area 211 which is not covered with the snow 301; and a vehicle control ECU 18 for performing travel support based on comparison information, acquired by comparing the shape of the road 201 and the travelable area 211. The vehicle control ECU 18 controls a brake actuator 21, a steering actuator 22, and an engine control ECU 23 by adding information whether the travelable area 211 which is an area which is not covered with the snow 301 is located on a travel lane 202, or on a fast lane 203.


Inventors:
OKUWA YOSHIHIRO
MIO MASAHIRO
Application Number:
JP2009097079A
Publication Date:
November 04, 2010
Filing Date:
April 13, 2009
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
TOYOTA MOTOR CORP
International Classes:
B60R21/00; B60W30/00; B60W30/09; B60W30/10; B60W40/06; B60W40/072; B60W40/076; G08G1/16
Domestic Patent References:
JP2008179251A2008-08-07
JP2007030808A2007-02-08
JPH08263784A1996-10-11
JPH0781604A1995-03-28
JPH092098A1997-01-07
JP2001109519A2001-04-20
JP2008006995A2008-01-17
JP2003272087A2003-09-26
JP2001216592A2001-08-10
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yoshiki Hasegawa
Yoshiki Kuroki
Hikaru Suzuki



 
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