US 11,787,467 B2
Vehicle control device
Teppei Shibata, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION, Osaka (JP)
Filed by PANASONIC CORPORATION, Osaka (JP)
Filed on Feb. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/165,106.
Application 17/165,106 is a continuation of application No. 16/552,696, filed on Aug. 27, 2019, granted, now 10,933,888.
Application 16/552,696 is a continuation of application No. 15/267,159, filed on Sep. 16, 2016, granted, now 10,435,031, issued on Oct. 8, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2015-188742 (JP), filed on Sep. 25, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0155254 A1, May 27, 2021
Int. Cl. B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B60W 50/08 (2020.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/0967 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 50/082 (2013.01) [B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G05D 1/0061 (2013.01); G05D 1/0278 (2013.01); G08G 1/096716 (2013.01); G08G 1/096725 (2013.01); G08G 1/096758 (2013.01); G08G 1/096783 (2013.01); G08G 1/16 (2013.01); G08G 1/163 (2013.01); G08G 1/167 (2013.01); B60W 2420/42 (2013.01); B60W 2420/52 (2013.01); B60W 2756/10 (2020.02); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
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1. A method for controlling an apparatus for a first vehicle, the apparatus for the first vehicle comprising a processor and a memory, the method comprising:
receiving, from a base station, a packetized signal;
receiving first positional information, the first positional information including a current position of the first vehicle, a traveling direction of the first vehicle, and a traveling speed of the first vehicle;
receiving, from a wireless device mounted on a second vehicle, second positional information, the second positional information including a current position of the second vehicle, a traveling direction of the second vehicle, and a traveling speed of the second vehicle;
broadcasting the first positional information i) according to a timing based on the packetized signal from the base station or ii) when no signal is detected from a vehicle other than the first vehicle;
estimating a future position of the first vehicle on the basis of the first positional information;
estimating a future position of the second vehicle on the basis of the second positional information;
determining whether a distance between the future position of the first vehicle and the future position of the second vehicle is shorter than a threshold value; and
notifying a driver of the first vehicle of a result of the determination when the distance is shorter than the threshold value.