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AssigneeAichi Steel Corporation
InventorsMichiharu YAMAMOTO, Tomohiko NAGAO, Hitoshi AOYAMA
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A vehicular system (1) includes a lateral shift amount measurement part that has a plurality of magnetic sensors that senses magnetism of magnetic markers (10) arrayed along a vehicle width direction and measures a lateral shift amount that is a positional deviation of a vehicle (5) in a vehicle width direction with respect to the magnetic markers (10) and a course estimation part that uses a difference between the lateral shift amounts with respect to two magnetic markers (10) disposed with a space provided therebetween in a road surface (100S) where the vehicle (5) travels and estimates a deviation of the vehicle (5) in a traveling direction with respect to a line segment direction connecting the positions of the two magnetic markers.
A vehicular system comprising:
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A course estimation method in which a lateral shift amount, that is a positional deviation of a vehicle in a vehicle width direction, is measured with respect to each of two magnetic markers disposed with a space provided therebetween along a route direction of a traveling road of the vehicle and a difference between the lateral shift amounts with respect to the two magnetic markers is calculated, thereby estimating a deviation of the vehicle in a traveling direction with respect to the route direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.