IP Library Granted Patent US 11,352,019
Granted Patent B2
US 11,352,019 · App. 16/607,631 · Granted Jun 7, 2022

Electronic control device for vehicle

Inventors: Tatsuya Horiguchi (Tokyo, JP); Hideyuki Sakamoto (Ibaraki, JP); Teppei Hirotsu (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
B60W50/04B60W50/14G06N5/04G07C5/08B60W2050/146
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Patent No.
US 11,352,019
App. No.
16/607,631
Granted
Jun 7, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic control device for a vehicle according to the present invention includes an action prediction unit that predicts the action of an object around the vehicle on the basis of external information acquired from external information detection units that detect external information of the vehicle, and a determination unit for a detection unit that determines whether an abnormality has occurred in the external information detection unit by comparing external information acquired from the external information detection unit at the time corresponding to a prediction result of the action prediction unit to the prediction result of the action prediction unit.

Claims (11)

1. An electronic control device of a vehicle, comprising:

an action prediction unit that predicts an action of an object around the vehicle in accordance with external information acquired from an external information detection unit that detects external information of the vehicle; and

a determination unit for a detection unit that determines whether an abnormality has occurred in the external information detection unit by comparing the external information acquired from the external information detection unit at the time corresponding to a prediction result of the action prediction unit to the prediction result of the action prediction unit.

2. The electronic control device of the vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an integrated calculation unit that integrally calculates the external information; and

a determination unit for a calculation unit that determines whether an abnormality has occurred in the integrated calculation unit by comparing a calculation result of the integrated calculation unit at the time corresponding to the prediction result of the action prediction unit to the prediction result of the action prediction unit.

3. The electronic control device of the vehicle according to claim 2 , further comprising a comprehensive determination unit that executes comprehensive determination in accordance with a determination result of the determination unit for the detection unit and a determination result of the determination unit for the calculation unit.

4. The electronic control device of the vehicle according to claim 3 , further comprising a notification unit that outputs, when the comprehensive determination unit determines the presence of abnormality, an abnormality notification indicating detection of an abnormal state to a driver of the vehicle.

5. The electronic control device of the vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein the notification unit outputs the abnormality notification when the comprehensive determination unit determines the presence of abnormality for at least a predetermined number of times set in advance.

6. The electronic control device of the vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein processing to shift the operation of the vehicle to the driver is started when the comprehensive determination unit determines the presence of abnormality for at least another predetermined number of times set in advance after the notification unit outputs the abnormality notification.

7. The electronic control device of the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the external information detection unit includes at least one of a radar and a camera.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 30, 2021
From: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058481/0935 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 24, 2019
From: HORIGUCHI, TATSUYA; SAKAMOTO, HIDEYUKI; HIROTSU, TEPPEI
To: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 050820/0182 →