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Driving assistance device

  • US 10,338,583 B2
  • Filed: 02/24/2017
  • Issued: 07/02/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2016
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A driving assistance device for use in a vehicle with autonomous driving capabilities, the device comprising:

  • a degree of internal focus estimating unit configured to estimate a driver'"'"'s degree of internal focus on driving;

    a deactivation predicting unit configured to predict deactivation of autonomous driving; and

    a driving assistance unit configured to provide driving assistance for the driver in such a way as to increase the driver'"'"'s degree of internal focus on driving if the degree of internal focus on driving is estimated to be low by the degree of internal focus estimating unit when the deactivation of the autonomous driving is predicted by the deactivation predicting unit, whereinthe driving assistance unit performs a control of increasing sensitivity to a change in the vehicle'"'"'s state in response to driving operations.

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