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AssigneesSumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroyuki Yamada, Shoichi Tanada, Shigeki Nishimura, Masataka Tokunaga, Hitoshi Konishi
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A recommended traveling speed provision program according to one aspect of the present disclosure causes a computer to function as: an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from probe vehicles, pieces of probe information each including information of a time within a predetermined time period and a position of the corresponding probe vehicle at the time; a representative traveling speed calculation unit configured to calculate a representative traveling speed that is a representative value of traveling speeds of the probe vehicles, based on the pieces of probe information acquired by the acquisition unit; a recommended traveling speed calculation unit configured to calculate a recommended traveling speed, based on the representative traveling speed calculated by the representative traveling speed calculation unit; and a provision unit configured to provide the recommended traveling speed calculated by the recommended traveling speed calculation unit to a target vehicle.
A tangible, non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a computer program for providing a recommended traveling speed to a target vehicle, the computer program, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
A traveling support system for supporting traveling of a target vehicle, comprising:
A vehicle control device for controlling traveling of an automatic traveling vehicle, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.
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For specific applications: for active traffic flow control
Brake-action initiating means: for automatic initiation; for initiation not subject to will of driver or passenger
Operated by remote control, i.e. initiating means not mounted on vehicle: operated by wayside apparatus
For automatic initiation; for initiation not subject to will of driver or passenger: initiated by contact of vehicle, e.g. bumper, with an…
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The present disclosure relates to recommended traveling speed provision programs, traveling support systems, vehicle control devices, and automatic traveling vehicles.
This application claims priority on Japanese Patent Application No. 2016-90258 filed on Apr. 28, 2016, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
A merging information provision device has been proposed, which analyzes an image taken by a camera installed at a merging point, forecasts a future situation based on the positions, sizes, speeds, etc., of vehicles shown in the image, and provides a merging vehicle with information of instruction such as urging of deceleration (refer to Patent Literature 1, for example).
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a traveling support system according to a first embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a probe vehicle.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a server.
Conventionally, various types of apparatuses for controlling the traveling speed of a vehicle so that the vehicle, traveling on a merging lane, can smoothly merge into a main lane, have been proposed.
In the technologies disclosed in Patent Literatures 1 and 2, support for merging can be performed at a merging point where a camera or a roadside apparatus is installed, whereas support for merging cannot be performed at a merging point where either of them is not installed. Also on a main lane other than the merging point, support for a lane change or the like cannot be performed if a camera or a roadside apparatus is not installed.
In the technology disclosed in Patent Literature 3, speed information is acquired through vehicle-to-vehicle communication. Therefore, speed control can be instructed only immediately before merging at a merging point. Therefore, speed control cannot be performed in advance of merging, which may result in a situation that the timing of speed control is delayed.