US 12,319,311 B2
Resolution control device, automatic driving system, and resolution control method
Hiroki Maehama, Hitachinaka (JP); Takeshi Seta, Hitachinaka (JP); and Hiroaki Ito, Hitachinaka (JP)
Assigned to Hitachi Astemo, Ltd., Hitachinaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/919,160
Filed by Hitachi Astemo, Ltd., Hitachinaka (JP)
PCT Filed Feb. 2, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/003651
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 14, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/210245, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 21, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-072659 (JP), filed on Apr. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0159048 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01)
CPC B60W 60/001 (2020.02) [G06V 20/588 (2022.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A resolution control device that processes output data of an external-environment sensor that recognizes a surrounding environment of a vehicle and outputs the processed output data to an automatic driving device, the resolution control device comprising a processor coupled to a memory, configured to:
determine a traveling status of the vehicle; and
extract an attention region of the output data based on the traveling status, reduce a resolution of a region other than the attention region, and then output, after reducing the resolution of the region, the region to the automatic driving device, wherein
the attention region is shifted or enlarged,
an up-down shift amount of the attention region is calculated based on inclination information of the vehicle, and
the attention region is shifted or enlarged in an upward direction or a downward direction.