US 12,293,590 B1
Construction zone determining method and construction zone determining device
Masahiro Okawara, Kanagawa (JP); Yasuhisa Taira, Kanagawa (JP); and Kazuyuki Uwabo, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama (JP)
Appl. No. 18/837,065
Filed by Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama (JP)
PCT Filed Feb. 14, 2022, PCT No. PCT/JP2022/005648
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 8, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/152960, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 17, 2023.
Int. Cl. G06T 7/246 (2017.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01)
CPC G06V 20/58 (2022.01) [B60W 60/005 (2020.02)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A construction section determination method comprising determining, executed by a processor, a road construction section in which a construction related item for traffic regulation is disposed while a subject vehicle is traveling, wherein the processor:
determines whether the construction related item has been detected or not ahead of the subject vehicle based on vehicle surrounding information around the subject vehicle obtained by a sensor mounted on the subject vehicle; and
determines that a point separated by a predetermined distance ahead of the subject vehicle from the construction related item is an end point of the road construction section when determining that the construction related item has been detected, and
the predetermined distance when the construction related item is detected and another vehicle is not detected around the construction related item that is detected is shorter than the predetermined distance when the construction related item is detected and the other vehicle is detected around the construction related item.