Patent ID: 7903842
Filing Date: 2011-03-08
Classification: B60T,B60W,B62D,G01S,G05D,G06K,G06T

Abstract:
1. A target position setting device comprising: a distance meter that measures a distance to an object around a vehicle; an imager that takes an image of an environment around the vehicle; a first calculating portion that calculates a first candidate of a target position of the vehicle according to a measuring result of the distance meter; a second calculating portion that calculates a second candidate of the target position of the vehicle according to an imaging result of the imager; a determination portion that determines whether a relationship between the first candidate of the target position and the second candidate of the target position meets a given condition; and a setting portion that sets the target position according to the second candidate of the target position when the determination portion determines that the relationship between the first candidate of the target position and the second candidate of the target position meets the given condition, wherein the given condition is a case in which a distance between the first candidate of the target position and the second candidate of the target position is smaller than a first given value for more than a first given time or a case where a difference between a first inclination of a center line of the vehicle passing through the first candidate of the target position and a second inclination of the center line of the vehicle passing through the second candidate of the target position is smaller than a second given value for more than a second given time.