US 12,187,271 B2
Control device for controlling safety device in vehicle
Atsushi Kobayashi, Kariya (JP); Masumi Fukuman, Kariya (JP); Akihiro Kida, Toyota (JP); and Kunihiro Sugihara, Nagakute (JP)
Assigned to DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP); and TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP); and TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Apr. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/658,225.
Application 17/658,225 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/038047, filed on Oct. 7, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-187640 (JP), filed on Oct. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0227363 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 30/09 (2012.01); B60R 21/01 (2006.01); B60R 21/0134 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 30/095 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); G01S 15/36 (2006.01); G01S 15/58 (2006.01); G01S 15/931 (2020.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01)
CPC B60W 30/09 (2013.01) [B60R 21/0134 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 30/0956 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G01S 15/36 (2013.01); G01S 15/586 (2013.01); G01S 15/931 (2013.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); B60R 2021/01272 (2013.01); B60W 2050/143 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2420/54 (2013.01); B60W 2420/60 (2013.01); B60W 2554/20 (2020.02); B60W 2554/801 (2020.02); B60W 2556/10 (2020.02)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control device to be applied to a vehicle equipped with an imaging device that captures images of surroundings of the vehicle, and a safety device that avoids a collision between the vehicle and an object or reduces collision damages, the control device being configured to, based on moving-object detection information around the vehicle detected from the images captured by the imaging device, actuate the safety device for the moving object, the moving-object detection information detected from the captured images including, for each object present around the vehicle, certain information indicating that it is certain that the object is a moving object or uncertain information indicating that it is not certain whether the object is a moving object, the control device comprising:
a control unit configured to, in response to any of the certain information and the uncertain information being acquired as the moving-object detection information, actuate the safety device based on a position of the object subjected to detection with the certain information or the uncertain information; and
an actuation region setting unit configured to change an actuation region where the safety device is to be actuated, according to whether the moving-object detection information is the certain information or the uncertain information, and when the moving-object detection information is the uncertain information, narrow the actuation region as compared to when the moving-object detection information is the certain information.