Patent ID: 7788033
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: B60Q,B60T,G08G

Abstract:
1. A collision possibility determining device mounted in a subject vehicle comprising: a traveling state determining unit configured to determine whether a traveling state of the subject vehicle is proper or not based on at least one of a position of the subject vehicle in a vehicle-width direction within a traveling lane and a relative relationship with a preceding vehicle; an oncoming vehicle detecting unit configured to detect an oncoming vehicle that is positioned forward of the subject vehicle and travels in a lane opposite to the traveling lane of the subject vehicle; an extracting determining unit configured to determine whether a portion constituting a side of the oncoming vehicle is extracted from a result detected by the oncoming vehicle detecting unit, the portion constituting the side of the oncoming vehicle including a rear wheel of the oncoming vehicle; and a collision possibility determining unit configured to determine, when the traveling state of the subject vehicle is determined to be proper, whether possibility of a collision between the subject vehicle and the oncoming vehicle exists based on a result determined by the extracting determining unit.