Mobile object control device, mobile object control method, and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12459499-B2
Application number	US-202217582031-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 24, 2022
Priority date	Jan 26, 2021
Publication date	Nov 4, 2025
Grant date	Nov 4, 2025

Abstract

A mobile object control device recognizes an object which is located near a vehicle, generates a movement plan for the vehicle, which includes generation of a target trajectory in which the vehicle is to travel and which is obtained by connecting a plurality of trajectory points, and generates, when generating the movement plan, the target trajectory such that a line which is obtained by connecting trajectory points adjacent to each other with respect to a traveling direction of the vehicle does not pass through a risk area including the recognized object.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A mobile object control device comprising:
a storage device that stores a program; and a hardware processor, the hardware processor executing the program stored in the storage device to: recognize an object which is located near a vehicle; generate a movement plan for the vehicle, which includes generation of a target trajectory in which the vehicle is to travel and which is obtained by connecting a plurality of trajectory points; generate, when generating the movement plan, the target trajectory by evaluating a first risk associated with a line which is obtained by connecting trajectory points adjacent to each other with respect to a traveling direction of the vehicle based on a distance between a center of a risk area including the object and the line; and cause the vehicle to move in the traveling direction based on the movement plan, the first risk associated with the line obtained by connecting the trajectory points, and the risk area inclusive of the object, wherein the hardware processor further sets the risk area to have an ellipse shape; performs a deformation processing by converting the ellipse shape to a circle shape for the risk area, the deformation processing comprises shrinking the risk area and the line in a major axis direction of the ellipse shape or enlarging the risk area and the line in a minor axis direction of the ellipse shape; evaluates, as a value, a closeness of the target trajectory to the object based on a result of the deformation processing; regenerates the target trajectory based on the value; and performs, before the deformation processing, rotation processing comprising rotating the risk area and the line around a center of the ellipse shape and matching the major axis and the minor axis of the ellipse shape with axes of a virtual plane, wherein the evaluating of the first risk between the line and the ellipse shape is achieved through an evaluation of a second risk between the line and the circle shape by evaluating that the line has a conditional risk in response to at least one of a first condition and a second condition being satisfied and a third condition is satisfied, wherein the first condition specifies that a first angle between a first vector from an endpoint to an other endpoint of the line and a second vector from the end point to the center, and a second angle between a third vector from the other end point to the center are both acute angles, wherein the second condition specifies that at least one of a first distance between the endpoint and the center and a second distance between the other endpoint and the center are equal to or less than a predetermined value, and wherein the third condition specifies that a distance between the line and the center is equal to or less than the predetermined value.

2 . The mobile object control device according to claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor sets the risk area to have an ellipse shape.

3 . The mobile object control device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the hardware processor performs deformation processing of converting the ellipse shape to a circle for the risk area set to have the ellipse shape, the deformation processing including shrinking the risk area and the line in a major axis direction of the ellipse shape or enlarging the risk area and the line in a minor axis direction of the ellipse shape, wherein the hardware processor evaluates a degree of closeness of the target trajectory to the object based on a result of performing the deformation processing, and wherein the hardware processor regenerates the target trajectory based on a result of the evaluation.

4 . The mobile object control device according to claim 3 , wherein the hardware processor performs, before the deformation processing, rotation processing of rotating the risk area and the line around a center of the ellipse shape and matching the major axis and the minor axis of the ellipse shape with axes of a virtual plane.

5 . A mobile object control method to be executed by a computer mounted on a mobile body, the mobile object control method comprising:
recognizing an object which is located near a vehicle; generating a movement plan for the vehicle, which includes generation of a target trajectory in which the vehicle is to travel and which is obtained by connecting a plurality of trajectory points; and generating, when generating the movement plan, the target trajectory by evaluating a first risk associated with a line which is obtained by connecting trajectory points adjacent to each other with respect to a traveling direction of the vehicle based on a distance between a center of a risk area including the object and the line; setting the risk area to have an ellipse shape; performing deformation processing by converting the ellipse shape to a circle shape for the risk area, the deformation processing comprises shrinking the risk area and the line in a major axis direction of the ellipse shape or enlarging the risk area and the line in a minor axis direction of the ellipse shape; evaluating, as a value, a closeness of the target trajectory to the object based on a result of the deformation processing; regenerating the target trajectory based on the value; and performing, before the deformation processing, rotation processing comprising rotating the risk area and the line around a center of the ellipse shape and matching the major axis and the minor axis of the ellipse shape with axes of a virtual plane, wherein the evaluating of the first risk between the line and the ellipse shape is achieved through an evaluation of a second risk between the line and the circle shape by evaluating that the line has a conditional risk in response to at least one of a first condition and a second condition being satisfied and a third condition is satisfied, wherein the first condition specifies that a first angle between a first vector from an endpoint to an other endpoint of the line and a second vector from the end point to the center, and a second angle between a third vector from the other end point to the center are both acute angles, wherein the second condition specifies that at least one of a first distance between the endpoint and the center and a second distance between the other endpoint and the center are equal to or less than a predetermined value, and wherein the third condition specifies that a distance between the line and the center is equal to or less than the predetermined value; and causing the vehicle to move in the traveling direction based on the movement plan, the first risk associated with the line obtained by connecting the trajectory points, and the risk area inclusive of the object.

6 . A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium that stores a program for causing a computer mounted on a mobile body to:
recognize an object which is located near a vehicle; generate a movement plan for the vehicle, which includes generation of a target trajectory in which the vehicle is to travel and which is obtained by connecting a plurality of trajectory points; generate, when generating the movement plan, the target trajectory by evaluating a first risk associated with a line which is obtained by connecting trajectory points adjacent to each other with respect to a traveling direction of the vehicle based on a distance between a center of a risk area including the object and the line; set the risk area to have an ellipse shape; perform a deformation processing by converting the ellipse shape to a circle shape for the risk area, the deformation processing comprises shrinking the risk area and the line in a major axis direction of the ellipse shape or enlarging the risk area and the line in a minor axis direction of the ellipse shape; evaluate, as a value,

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Baba Ichiro
• Yasui Yuji

Classifications

• B60W2420/408

  Radar; Laser, e.g. lidar · CPC title

• B60W2420/403

  Image sensing, e.g. optical camera · CPC title

• B60Q9/008

  for anti-collision purposes · CPC title

• G06V20/58 Primary

  Recognition of moving objects or obstacles, e.g. vehicles or pedestrians; Recognition of traffic objects, e.g. traffic signs, traffic lights or roads · CPC title

• B60W60/0015

  specially adapted for safety · CPC title