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Driving support device and driving support method

  • US 10,102,746 B2
  • Filed: 11/18/2013
  • Issued: 10/16/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A driving support device for assisting a driver to drive a vehicle, the driving support device comprising:

  • an intersection information acquirer to obtain signal light information about traffic signals installed at one or more intersections ahead of the vehicle on a road along which the vehicle is traveling and to obtain distances to the intersections;

    a vehicle state detector to detect a position and speed of travel of the vehicle;

    a signal passableness decider to decide a passable or impassable state of the traffic signals by the vehicle from the signal light information and the distances to the intersections the intersection information acquirer obtains, and from the position and speed of travel of the vehicle the vehicle state detector detects; and

    a display controller to display, on a display, a map including;

    the position of the vehicle; and

    the passable or impassable state of the traffic signals decided by the signal passableness decider, the passable or impassable state of the traffic signals being indicated by changes of color on the map,wherein the passable state of the traffic signals are indicated by a first color on the map,wherein the impassable state of the traffic signals are indicated by a second color, different from the first color, on the map, andwherein the display controller displays a road passing through the intersection whose traffic signal is decided as passable from the vehicle position by the signal passableness decider in the first color, and displays a road passing through the intersection whose traffic signal is decided as impassable in the second color.

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