IP Library Patent Application 16841729
Patent Application
App. No. 16/841,729

ROAD SURFACE WATER DEPTH CALCULATION DEVICE

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App. No.
16/841,729
Abstract

A road surface water depth calculation device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire flooding locations at which a vehicle travels and water depth candidates of the flooding locations; an extraction unit configured to extract a plurality of continuous flooding locations from the acquired flooding locations; an altitude acquisition unit configured to acquire altitudes of the extracted flooding locations; an estimation unit configured to calculate a sum of the water depth candidate and the altitude, acquired by the altitude acquisition unit, of each of the extracted flooding locations, and estimate the sum as a water surface altitude which is an altitude of a water surface of each of the extracted flooding locations; and a calculation unit configured to calculate a water depth of the extracted flooding location based on the water surface altitude and the altitude, acquired by the altitude acquisition unit, of each of the extracted flooding locations.

Claims (10)

1 . A road surface water depth calculation device, comprising:

an acquisition unit configured to acquire flooding locations at which a vehicle travels and water depth candidates of the flooding locations;

an extraction unit configured to extract a plurality of continuous flooding locations from the acquired flooding locations;

an altitude acquisition unit configured to acquire altitudes of the extracted flooding locations;

an estimation unit configured to calculate a sum of the water depth candidate and the altitude, acquired by the altitude acquisition unit, of each of the extracted flooding locations, and estimate the sum as a water surface altitude which is an altitude of a water surface of each of the extracted flooding locations; and

a calculation unit configured to calculate a water depth of the extracted flooding location based on the water surface altitude and the altitude, acquired by the altitude acquisition unit, of each of the extracted flooding locations.

2 . The road surface water depth calculation device according to claim 1 , wherein

the calculation unit is configured to calculate, as the water depth of the flooding location, a value which is obtained by subtracting the altitude acquired by the altitude acquisition unit from an average of the plurality of the water surface altitudes, a mode value among the plurality of the water surface altitudes, or a median value of the plurality of water surface altitudes.

3 . The road surface water depth calculation device according to claim 1 , wherein

the calculation unit further calculates a maximum water depth among a flooding region including the extracted respective flooding locations and a flooding location thereof, based on a calculation result of the water depth of the flooding location and terrain of the flooding location.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 13, 2022
From: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: AISIN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058746/0869 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 7, 2020
From: NOMA, HIROSHI; MORI, YUHEI; NIWA, EIJI
To: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 052326/0698 →