SEGMENT DETERMINATION DEVICE AND SEGMENT DETERMINATION METHOD

Title:

SEGMENT DETERMINATION DEVICE AND SEGMENT DETERMINATION METHOD

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2018/062228

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

A segment determination device (1) is provided with: an altitude information acquisition unit (41) that acquires altitude information for a plurality of points on a road on which a vehicle travels; a feature amount determination unit (42) that determines a feature amount indicating gradient information for the road on the basis of the altitude information for a plurality of points including a first point in front of the vehicle in the direction of travel thereof and a second point further frontward than the first point among the aforementioned plurality of points; and a segment determination unit (44) that, when the altitude information acquisition unit acquires altitude information for a separate plurality of points including a point further from the vehicle than each of the plurality of points used by the feature amount determination unit to determine the feature amount so that the feature amount determined by the feature amount determination unit becomes an amount outside of a predetermined range, determines a segment in which the first point serves as a starting point and whichever of two points adjacent to the second point is closer to the vehicle serves as an end point when said feature amount becomes an amount outside of the predetermined range.

Inventors:

KANDA YOSHITAKA (JP)

Application Number:

PCT/JP2017/034865

Publication Date:

April 05, 2018

Filing Date:

September 27, 2017

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

ISUZU MOTORS LTD (JP)

International Classes:

B60W40/076; F16H59/66; F16H61/00; G01C21/26

Foreign References:

JP2014196984A	2014-10-16
JP2014232240A	2014-12-11
JP2012242110A	2012-12-10
US20110106388A1	2011-05-05

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