US 12,311,919 B2
Information processing device and information processing method
Shunsuke Kusuhara, Kariya (JP); Yuki Minase, Toyota (JP); Motonari Ohbayashi, Nagakute (JP); and Yutaka Hamamoto, Kariya (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 Aug. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/404,535.
Application 17/404,535 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/001527, filed on Jan. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-027680 (JP), filed on Feb. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0370919 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. B60W 30/06 (2006.01); B60W 40/02 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 30/06 (2013.01) [B60W 40/02 (2013.01); B62D 15/027 (2013.01); B60W 2554/4044 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4049 (2020.02); B60W 2554/805 (2020.02); B60W 2556/25 (2020.02)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing device for a vehicle, comprising:
an object detecting unit configured to detect, based on an output of a sensor mounted on the vehicle, an object located around the vehicle;
an object information storage unit configured to store, as object information, information about the object detected by the object detecting unit; and
an object information management unit configured to:
receive, from a travelling assistance unit that performs an assistance operation of assisting travelling of the vehicle based on the object information, related information, the related information being related to the assistance operation performed by the travelling assistance unit;
obtain a priority region of assistance operation that is currently being performed by the travelling assistance unit based on the related information;
determine storage priority of the object information in the object information storage unit based on the priority region of assistance operation; and
manage a storage state of the object information in the object information storage unit based on the storage priority, wherein
the travelling assistance unit performs the assistance operation of assisting travelling of the vehicle based on the object information.