Patent ID: 6169940
Filing Date: 2001-01-02
Classification: B62D,G05D

Abstract:
An automatic driving system comprising: radar means for detecting an obstacle in front of one vehicle to generate an obstacle detecting signal; imaging means for imaging a road surface in front of said one vehicle to output a video signal; image processing means for generating a vehicle position signal indicative of a position of said one vehicle in a width direction of the road from an image represented by the video signal; a navigation unit for generating road data indicative of the coordinates of a road in front of a current position of said one vehicle; road-to-vehicle communications means for receiving automatic drive traffic information signal; vehicle-to-vehicle communications means for transmitting and receiving a vehicle-to-vehicle running information signal between said one vehicle and at least one different vehicle other than said one vehicle; running instructions generating means for generating a running instruction;running course setting means for setting a running course based on said obstacle detecting signal, said vehicle position signal, said road data, said automatic drive traffic information signal, said vehicle-to-vehicle running information signal, and said running instruction; and vehicle control means for controlling navigation of said one vehicle such that said one vehicle runs following a target running trajectory based on said set running course, wherein said vehicle-to-vehicle communications means transmits a running course signal indicative of said running course, and a running course setting position signal indicative of a running position of said one vehicle at the time said running course is set.