Patent ID: 6337637
Filing Date: 2002-01-08
Classification: B60T,B60W,G08G,Y10S

Abstract:
A collision with pedestrian prevention system comprising:on-road facilities including pedestrian detection means for detecting a pedestrian walking on a pedestrian's crossing, road surface conditions detection means for detecting conditions of a road surface, and on-road database means for storing therein road line form information; and a vehicle having vehicle position detection means for detecting a position of the vehicle, vehicle position detecting means for detecting a state of the vehicle, determination processing means for deciding whether necessary information or an alarm should be given to the driver or automatic controls for stopping the vehicle should be provided based on information concerning pedestrians from the pedestrian detection means, information concerning the vehicle from the vehicle state detection means, and information concerning the road line form from the on-road database means, information output means for giving information or generating an alarm to the driver, and control means for providing controls for decelerating or stopping the vehicle, wherein the on-road facilities further include pedestrian's walking time estimation means for making linear estimation of a period of time until a pedestrian on a pedestrian's crossing having the possibility of collision with the vehicle comes into a lane on which the vehicle is currently running based on information concerning a position, a walking time, and a walking speed of the pedestrian, while the vehicle further has vehicle's running time estimating means for estimating a period of time until the vehicle reaches the pedestrian's crossing based on the information concerning a velocity, acceleration, and an operating state of a winker of the vehicle obtained by the vehicle state detection means, and a collision possibility determination means for computing the possibility of collision of the vehicle with the pedestrian based on a result of estimation for the time until the pedestrian comes into the lane on which the vehicle is currently running as well as on a result of estimation for the time until the vehicle reaches the pedestrian's crossing.