Patent ID: 11941985
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A vehicular environment estimation device comprising:
a sensor disposed on a vehicle and configured to detect a mobile object in a surrounding of the vehicle; and
an electronic control unit disposed on the vehicle and configured to estimate an environment of a blind area of the vehicle on the basis of the mobile object detected by the sensor,
wherein the electronic control unit is configured to:
detect a behavior of the mobile object in the surroundings of the vehicle on the basis of an information of the mobile object;
estimate a plurality of behaviors of an undetected object other than the mobile object of the blind area of the vehicle;
estimate a plurality of behaviors of the mobile object based upon the plurality of behaviors of the undetected object other than the mobile object of the blind area of the vehicle;
predict a route of the mobile object on the basis of the detected behavior of the mobile object and the estimated behaviors of the mobile object; and
carry out a drive assistance control to a driver of the vehicle on the basis of the predicted route of the mobile object.