COLLISION AVOIDANCE ASSISTANCE DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE

摘要

A collision avoidance assistance device for a vehicle including: a capturing unit (70) configured to acquire an image around the vehicle; an animal image detection unit configured to detect an image of an animal; an animal type determination unit configured to determine a type of an animal; an animal presence area prediction unit configured to predict a future presence area of the animal based on behavior characteristics index values representing behavior characteristics of the determined type of the animal; a collision possibility determination unit configured to determine a possibility of collision of the animal with the vehicle based on a prediction result of the future presence area of the animal; and an assistance processing performing unit configured to perform assistance processing for collision avoidance when it is determined that there is a possibility of collision of the animal with the vehicle.