Driving assistance device
AssigneeSuzuki Motor Corporation
InventorKoji Kurata
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Abstract
There is provided a driving assistance device configured to be equipped in a subject vehicle. An imaging unit is configured to acquire an image of a preceding vehicle running in front of the subject vehicle equipped with the driving assistance device. A cargo-falling predicting unit is configured to predict whether a cargo loaded on a loading platform of the preceding vehicle will fall off, from change with time in an image of the cargo or an image of an accompanying object of the cargo on the basis of the image acquired by the imaging unit. An information providing unit is configured to provide information on falling of the cargo if the cargo-falling predicting unit predicts that the cargo will fall off.
Claims9
A driving assistance device configured to be equipped in a subject vehicle, comprising:
- an imaging unit configured to acquire an image of a preceding vehicle running in front of the subject vehicle equipped with the driving assistance device;
- a cargo-falling predicting unit configured to predict whether a cargo loaded on a loading platform of the preceding vehicle will fall off, from change with time in an image of the cargo or an image of an accompanying object of the cargo on the basis of the image acquired by the imaging unit;
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- an information providing unit configured to provide information on falling of the cargo if the cargo-falling predicting unit predicts that the cargo will fall off.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.