Abstract: A road-surface state determination apparatus for a vehicle is provided. The road-surface state determination apparatus includes an acquiring unit and a control unit. The acquiring unit acquires, as a first detection signal, information on a changed pixel of which a luminance value changes based on an absolute displacement of a road-surface state or a relative displacement of the road-surface state relative to a moving vehicle. The control unit determines a type of the road-surface state using the first detection signal.

Abstract: A database creation unit (154) accumulates, in a driving condition database (160), driving condition data wherein feature amounts representing features of driving operation, travelling environment information including travelling spots and road shapes, driver information including attributes of drivers and vehicle type information of vehicles, and whether the drivers have driving experiences of the vehicles are associated with driver identifiers. A driving characteristic estimation unit (155) estimates a driving characteristic of a driver presently driving a vehicle based on the driving condition database (160).

Abstract: A driving support control device for a vehicle includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from a first detector which detects change of a brightness value of an object which occurs in accordance with displacement of the object, information indicating change of a brightness value of a partially shielded object partially shielded by an obstacle which occurs in accordance with displacement of the partially shielded object, as a first detection signal, and a control unit configured to, in a case where it is determined, by using the first detection signal, that the partially shielded object is moving, cause a driving support execution device to execute collision prevention support for preventing a collision with the partially shielded object.

Abstract: An autonomous driving assistance device includes a manual driving control section, an autonomous driving control section, and a travelling condition determining section. If it is detected that there is a malfunction in a first sensor during control of the autonomous driving of the vehicle, the autonomous driving control section executes emergency autonomous driving until a predetermined condition is satisfied while changing, based on the determined travelling condition, a driving manner of an emergency autonomous driving as compared with a driving manner of the autonomous driving executed before no malfunctions are detected in the first sensor; and after the emergency autonomous driving is terminated, the autonomous driving assistance device being configured to selectively execute one of: causing the autonomous driving control section to stop the vehicle; and causing the manual driving control section to control the manual driving.

Abstract: A system for autonomously driving a vehicle along a road segment includes at least one processor. The processor is configured to: acquire at least one piece of peripheral object data indicating information about an object disposed around the vehicle from a peripheral monitoring sensor; analyze the peripheral object data to calculate a position of the landmark with respect to the road on which the vehicle travels; determine position coordinates of the vehicle based on the position of the landmark calculated from the peripheral object data and the map data; and change a relative position of the vehicle with respect to an obstacle so as to easily detect the landmark by the peripheral monitoring sensor when the obstacle is disposed within a detection range of the peripheral monitoring sensor.

Abstract: A falling object determination device configured to be mounted on a vehicle is provided. The falling object determination device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire, as a first detection signal, information indicating displacement of an object near a cargo bed of a nearby vehicle which travels near the own vehicle; and a control unit configured to calculate at least one of a vibration frequency, an amplitude and a size of the object near the cargo bed by using the first detection signal, and performs a determination whether the object near the cargo bed is an object which is likely to fall from the cargo bed or an object which is falling from the cargo bed in accordance with a calculation result.

Abstract: A map system is a system for autonomously navigating a vehicle along a road segment and includes at least one processor. The processor acquires at least one image representing the environment of the vehicle from the imaging device, acquires the brightness of the environment of the vehicle, analyzes the image to calculate the position of the landmark with respect to the road on which the vehicle travels, determines the position of the own vehicle based on the position of the landmark calculated from the image and the map information stored in the server, and emits an illumination light in a direction in which a presence of the landmark is estimated when the brightness is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: An autonomous driving assistance device includes a manual driving control section, an autonomous driving control section, and a travelling condition determining section. If it is detected that there is a malfunction in a first sensor during control of the autonomous driving of the vehicle, the autonomous driving control section executes emergency autonomous driving until a predetermined condition is satisfied while changing, based on the determined travelling condition, a driving manner of an emergency autonomous driving as compared with a driving manner of the autonomous driving executed before no malfunctions are detected in the first sensor; and after the emergency autonomous driving is terminated, the autonomous driving assistance device being configured to selectively execute one of: causing the autonomous driving control section to stop the vehicle; and causing the manual driving control section to control the manual driving.

Abstract: An autonomous driving assistance device includes a manual driving control section, an autonomous driving control section, and a travelling condition determining section. If it is detected that there is a malfunction in a first sensor during control of the autonomous driving of the vehicle, the autonomous driving control section executes emergency autonomous driving until a predetermined condition is satisfied while changing, based on the determined travelling condition, a driving manner of an emergency autonomous driving as compared with a driving manner of the autonomous driving executed before no malfunctions are detected in the first sensor; and after the emergency autonomous driving is terminated, the autonomous driving assistance device being configured to selectively execute one of: causing the autonomous driving control section to stop the vehicle; and causing the manual driving control section to control the manual driving.

Abstract: A vehicle position determination device mountable to a vehicle, the vehicle position determination device including an acquisition unit that acquires a surrounding image that is road information for identifying a position of the vehicle and is represented by a small displacement with respect to the vehicle, and a control unit that compares the road information with road characteristic information indicating an absolute position of a predetermined point and determines a vehicle position according to a result of the comparison; the road information includes at least one of road shape information indicating a shape of a road surface in a direction of travel of the vehicle and road pattern information indicating a pattern on a road surface

Abstract: A driving support control device for a vehicle includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from a first detector which detects change of a brightness value of an object which occurs in accordance with displacement of the object, information indicating change of a brightness value of a partially shielded object partially shielded by an obstacle which occurs in accordance with displacement of the partially shielded object, as a first detection signal, and a control unit configured to, in a case where it is determined, by using the first detection signal, that the partially shielded object is moving, cause a driving support execution device to execute collision prevention support for preventing a collision with the partially shielded object.

Abstract: A falling object determination device configured to be mounted on a vehicle is provided. The falling object determination device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire, as a first detection signal, information indicating displacement of an object near a cargo bed of a nearby vehicle which travels near the own vehicle; and a control unit configured to calculate at least one of a vibration frequency, an amplitude and a size of the object near the cargo bed by using the first detection signal, and performs a determination whether the object near the cargo bed is an object which is likely to fall from the cargo bed or an object which is falling from the cargo bed in accordance with a calculation result.

Abstract: A road-surface state determination apparatus for a vehicle is provided. The road-surface state determination apparatus includes an acquiring unit and a control unit. The acquiring unit acquires, as a first detection signal, information on a changed pixel of which a luminance value changes based on an absolute displacement of a road-surface state or a relative displacement of the road-surface state relative to a moving vehicle. The control unit determines a type of the road-surface state using the first detection signal.

Abstract: A recognition apparatus is provided which includes an input section that receives image information from a front camera and a rear camera, and a calculation section that performs a forward recognition process that is a recognition process targeting the image information from the front camera received by the input section and a rearward recognition process that is a recognition process targeting the image information from the rear camera received by the input section. The calculation section includes an acquisition section that acquires first information representing whether an own vehicle is in a state of moving forward or a state of moving rearward and second information representing a traveling condition of the own vehicle, and a process selection section that selects processes to be performed as the forward recognition process and the rearward recognition process, based on the first and second information acquired by the acquisition section.

Abstract: A system for autonomously driving a vehicle along a road segment includes at least one processor. The processor is configured to: acquire at least one piece of peripheral object data indicating information about an object disposed around the vehicle from a peripheral monitoring sensor; analyze the peripheral object data to calculate a position of the landmark with respect to the road on which the vehicle travels; determine position coordinates of the vehicle based on the position of the landmark calculated from the peripheral object data and the map data; and change a relative position of the vehicle with respect to an obstacle so as to easily detect the landmark by the peripheral monitoring sensor when the obstacle is disposed within a detection range of the peripheral monitoring sensor.

Abstract: A map system is a system for autonomously navigating a vehicle along a road segment and includes at least one processor. The processor acquires at least one image representing the environment of the vehicle from the imaging device, acquires the brightness of the environment of the vehicle, analyzes the image to calculate the position of the landmark with respect to the road on which the vehicle travels, determines the position of the own vehicle based on the position of the landmark calculated from the image and the map information stored in the server, and emits an illumination light in a direction in which a presence of the landmark is estimated when the brightness is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: A method for uploading a probe data, including coordinate information of a plurality of features disposed along a road, to a server, includes: acquiring at least one peripheral object data, representing a feature disposed around a vehicle, from a peripheral monitoring sensor mounted on the vehicle; analyzing the peripheral object data and calculate a position of the feature with respect to the road on which the vehicle travels; and generating the probe data including position information of the feature and uploading the probe data to the server. The uploading includes a first mode in which the probe data is uploaded to the server at a predetermined frequency, and a second mode in which the probe data is uploaded at a lower frequency than the first mode.

Abstract: A lane merging determination apparatus is provided which includes a first generation section that generates a first path, which is a prospective traveling path of an own vehicle, a second generation section that generates a second path corresponding to a traveling path of an adjacent vehicle, which is one of vehicles present ahead of the own vehicle and runs in a lane adjacent to a driving lane of the own vehicle, based on a history of positions of the vehicles, an intersection determination section that determines whether or not the first path and the second path intersect with each other; and a merging determination section that determines that the lanes merge with each other in front of the own vehicle, if the intersection determination section determines that the first path and the second path intersect with each other.

Abstract: An autonomous driving assistance device includes a manual driving control section, an autonomous driving control section, and a travelling condition determining section. If it is detected that there is a malfunction in a first sensor during control of the autonomous driving of the vehicle, the autonomous driving control section executes emergency autonomous driving until a predetermined condition is satisfied while changing, based on the determined travelling condition, a driving manner of an emergency autonomous driving as compared with a driving manner of the autonomous driving executed before no malfunctions are detected in the first sensor; and after the emergency autonomous driving is terminated, the autonomous driving assistance device being configured to selectively execute one of: causing the autonomous driving control section to stop the vehicle; and causing the manual driving control section to control the manual driving.

Abstract: A recognition apparatus is provided which includes an input section that receives image information from a front camera and a rear camera, and a calculation section that performs a forward recognition process that is a recognition process targeting the image information from the front camera received by the input section and a rearward recognition process that is a recognition process targeting the image information from the rear camera received by the input section. The calculation section includes an acquisition section that acquires first information representing whether an own vehicle is in a state of moving forward or a state of moving rearward and second information representing a traveling condition of the own vehicle, and a process selection section that selects processes to be performed as the forward recognition process and the rearward recognition process, based on the first and second information acquired by the acquisition section.