Patent ID: 8364390
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: G08G

Abstract:
1. An environment prediction device for detecting an object in the vicinity of a host-vehicle, the environment prediction device comprising: a road information acquisition unit which acquires information regarding a road; a host-vehicle position prediction unit which predicts the position of the host-vehicle after a predetermined time has elapsed; a prediction period setting unit which sets a prediction period on the basis of the information regarding the road and the position of the host-vehicle after the predetermined time has elapsed; and an environment prediction unit which predicts the behavior of the object in the vicinity of the host-vehicle until the prediction period elapses; wherein, when upon the elapse of the predetermined time the position of the host-vehicle is in violation of a traffic rule acquired from the information regarding the road, the prediction period setting unit sets the prediction period longer than when the position of the host-vehicle observes the traffic rule.