Patent ID: 7966129
Filing Date: 2011-06-21
Classification: B60W

Abstract:
1. A vehicular control object determination system comprising: an object detector for detecting a plurality of objects that are present in the direction of travel of a vehicle; a travel locus estimator for estimating a future travel locus of the vehicle at predetermined time intervals; a control object determiner for determining a control object from the plurality of objects based on a detection result obtained by the object detector, the future travel locus estimated by the travel locus estimator, and predetermined control object determination conditions; and a swing rate detector for detecting a swing rate of side-to-side swing of the future travel locus of the vehicle at a predetermined distance ahead of the vehicle based on at least the future travel locus estimated by the travel locus estimator; the control object determiner modifying the control object determination conditions based on the detected swing rate; wherein when the detected swing rate is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value, the control object determiner excludes from determination of the control object each one of said plurality of objects that is farther than a distance shorter than said predetermined distance.