Patent ID: 7904247
Filing Date: 2011-03-08
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A drive assist system for a vehicle, the drive assist system receiving, from outside the vehicle, external information including positional information of an object outside the vehicle to thereby assist the vehicle to travel, the drive assist system comprising: an autonomous detecting unit configured to detect a viewable object which is at least one of (i) an other vehicle and (ii) a pedestrian; a control unit configured to perform a control operation for adjusting at least one of (i) a detection range of the autonomous detecting unit and (ii) sighting of the detection range, using positional information of the object included in the received external information; an object detection determining unit configured to make a determination as to whether or not an object is detected by the autonomous detecting unit after at least one of (i) the detection range of the autonomous detecting unit and (ii) the sighting of the detection range is adjusted by the control unit; a risk determining unit configured to make a determination about a risk of the vehicle relative to the object when the determination by the object detection determining unit is affirmed; and a drive assist unit configured to provide a drive assistance in accordance with a result of the determination by the risk determining unit.