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Title:
TRAVEL DIRECTION ESTIMATION DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2017/168945
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The purpose of the invention is to provide a travel direction estimation device capable of accurately estimating the travel direction of a vehicle. Provided is a travel direction estimation device (11) that is installed in a vehicle provided with a position detection unit and an angular velocity detection unit and is for estimating the travel direction of the vehicle, said travel direction estimation device (11) being provided with a first angle calculation unit (21) for calculating a first angle on the basis of the variation in a vehicle position that is detected by the position detection unit and is updated at a prescribed time interval, a second angle calculation unit (22) for calculating a second angle on the basis of a vehicle rotation angular velocity detected by the angular velocity detection unit and the vehicle position detection interval of the position detection unit, and a travel direction calculation unit (23) for calculating the travel direction of the vehicle on the basis of the first angle and second angle.

Inventors:
KITANO HIROAKI (JP)
AKEMI YUKIYASU (JP)
ENDO MASAYA (JP)
HITOSUGI KAZUO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2017/001002
Publication Date:
October 05, 2017
Filing Date:
January 13, 2017
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Assignee:
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP (JP)
International Classes:
G01C21/28; B62D6/00; G01P13/02; G08G1/133; B62D101/00; B62D137/00
Foreign References:
JPH06288776A1994-10-18
JPS63108285A1988-05-13
JP2011246100A2011-12-08
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
MURAKAMI, Kanako et al. (JP)
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