Driving assistance device, driving assistance method, and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12573295-B2
Application number	US-202418603252-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 13, 2024
Priority date	Mar 15, 2023
Publication date	Mar 10, 2026
Grant date	Mar 10, 2026

Abstract

A driving assistance device that is one aspect of the embodiment includes a recognizer configured to recognize surrounding conditions of a host vehicle, a determiner configured to determine whether the host vehicle is able to pass through a traveling section ahead on the basis of a result of the recognition by the recognizer, and an output controller configured to cause an output to output information based on a result of the determination by the determiner, in which, when a first distance between a marking line for dividing a traveling path of the host vehicle, which is recognized by the recognizer, and an obstacle in front of the host vehicle is equal to or greater than a predetermined distance, the determiner determines that the host vehicle is able to pass next to the obstacle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A driving assistance device comprising:
a processor that executes instructions to: recognize surrounding conditions of a host vehicle; determine whether the host vehicle is able to pass through a traveling section ahead on the basis of a result of the recognition; and cause an output to output information based on a result of the determination, wherein, when a first distance between a marking line for dividing a traveling path of the host vehicle, which is recognized, and an obstacle in front of the host vehicle is equal to or greater than a predetermined distance, the processor determines that the host vehicle is able to pass next to the obstacle, wherein, when the first distance is less than the predetermined distance, the processor recognizes a second distance between a boundary of a free space present on an opposite side of the obstacle when viewed from the marking line and the marking line, and when the second distance is equal to or greater than the predetermined distance, the processor determines that the host vehicle is able to pass next to the obstacle by crossing the marking line.

2 . The driving assistance device according to claim 1 , wherein, when the processor recognizes a part serving as the boundary of the free space as a wall, and a degree of recognition of the wall is less than a threshold value, the processor determines that the host vehicle is not able to pass next to the obstacle even if the second distance is equal to or greater than the predetermined distance.

3 . The driving assistance device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the processor determines that the host vehicle is not able to pass next to the obstacle by crossing the marking line when a distance from the marking line to the boundary of the free space is equal to or greater than an upper limit distance.

4 . The driving assistance device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the predetermined distance is made different depending on whether the obstacle is a static obstacle or a dynamic obstacle, the predetermined distance is longer for the dynamic obstacle than for the static obstacle.

5 . A driving assistance method comprising:
by a computer, recognizing surrounding conditions of a host vehicle; determining whether the host vehicle is able to pass through a traveling section ahead on the basis of a result of the recognition; causing an output to output information based on a result of the determination; determining that the host vehicle is able to pass next to the obstacle when a first distance between a recognized marking line for dividing a traveling path of the host vehicle and an obstacle in front of the host vehicle is equal to or greater than a predetermined distance; when the first distance is less than the predetermined distance, recognizing a second distance between a boundary of a free space present on an opposite side of the obstacle when viewed from the marking line and the marking line; and when the second distance is equal to or greater than the predetermined distance, determining that the host vehicle is able to pass next to the obstacle by crossing the marking line.

6 . A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium that has stored a program causing a computer to execute
recognizing surrounding conditions of a host vehicle; determining whether the host vehicle passes through a traveling section ahead on the basis of a result of the recognition; causing an output to output information based on a result of the determination; determining that the host vehicle is able to pass next to the obstacle when a first distance between a recognized marking line for dividing a traveling path of the host vehicle and an obstacle in front of the host vehicle is equal to or greater than a predetermined distance; when the first distance is less than the predetermined distance, recognizing a second distance between a boundary of a free space present on an opposite side of the obstacle when viewed from the marking line and the marking line; and when the second distance is equal to or greater than the predetermined distance, determining that the host vehicle is able to pass next to the obstacle by crossing the marking line.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Baba Ichiro
• SHIRAKATA Kento
• Tsuchiya Masamitsu
• Saigusa Shigenobu

Classifications

• G08G1/16

  Anti-collision systems (road vehicle drive control systems for predicting or avoiding probable or impending collision otherwise than by control of a particular sub-unit B60W30/08) · CPC title

• G08G1/0129

  for creating historical data or processing based on historical data · CPC title

• G08G1/0116

  from roadside infrastructure, e.g. beacons · CPC title

• G08G1/0967 Primary

  Systems involving transmission of highway information, e.g. weather, speed limits (transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968) · CPC title

• G08G1/0137 Primary

  for specific applications · CPC title