Road traffic simulation apparatus
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsAkihiko Ohtsu, Toyotaka Torii, Yasuhiro Sawada, Katsuyoshi Watari, Yuichi Hashimoto, Mitsuhide Kuroda
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Abstract
In a road traffic simulation apparatus that expresses a plurality of mobile units and road traffic environments on a computer to simulate traffic situations in association with a plurality of mobile units, each of the mobile units is expressed by a combination of a driver model, a model of driving operations of a virtual driver, and a vehicle dynamics model, a model of physical behaviors of a mobile unit. The mobile units are programmed to travel independently to each other in a road traffic environment that is expressed on the computer.
Claims15
A computer implemented road traffic simulation apparatus representing a plurality of mobile units and traffic environments on a computer for simulating traffic situations in association with the mobile units, comprising:
- a mobile unit model including a driver model, a model of driving operations by a virtual driver, and a vehicle dynamics model, a model of physical behavior of each mobile unit;
- and
- a traffic environment database providing traffic environment,
- wherein a plurality of said mobile units are programmed to travel independently to each other in the traffic environment generated on the computer based on the data provided by the database.
A computer readable medium storing a road traffic simulation program that is configured to represent a plurality of mobile units and road traffic environments on a computer, when executed on the computer, said program performing:
- representing a plurality of mobile units, each mobile unit being represented by a driver model of driving operations by a virtual driver and a vehicle dynamics model of a physical behavior of each mobile unit;
- simulating traffic situations in association with the mobile units,
- wherein the mobile units travel independently to each other in a road traffic environment that is expressed on the computer.
A method of performing computer implemented simulation of road traffic involving a plurality of mobile units and traffic environments, comprising the steps of:
- preparing a mobile unit model having a driver model, a model of driving operations by a virtual driver, and a vehicle dynamics model, a model of physical behavior of each mobile unit;
- and
- preparing a traffic environment database for providing traffic environment on a computer,
- wherein a plurality of said mobile units are programmed to travel independently to each other in the traffic environment generated on the computer based on the data provided by the database.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.