摘要 |
Provided is a signal recognition device (100) having a control device (10) that executes the following: an image pickup image acquisition function that acquires an image pickup image of the periphery of one's own vehicle from a camera (20); a one's own vehicle position acquisition function that acquires the current position of one's own vehicle; a target traffic signal specifying function that specifies a traffic signal to be targeted in a travel link of one's own vehicle by referencing map information which includes travel link information in which associated are a connection link which is defined by a directed link including a start point, end point and travel direction and which is connected at the start point and end point of the directed link, and travel direction information which specifies a travel direction including straight ahead and right or left turns, and includes traffic signal information which includes traffic signal position information associated with the travel link; a signal image region extraction function that extracts an image region of the traffic signal on the basis of the traffic signal position information and image pickup characteristic information of the camera (20); and a signal content recognition function that recognizes the signal content of the traffic signal on the basis of an image of the traffic signal of the image region. |