Apparatus for travel support
First Claim
1. A travel support apparatus comprising:
- a gaze point set unit for setting a gaze point of a driver of a movable body; and
a trajectory set unit for setting a trajectory of the movable body based on the gaze point set by the gaze point set unit.
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Abstract
A travel support apparatus sets a travel locus of a vehicle based on a gaze point of a driver of the vehicle. By utilizing the gaze point, the travel locus is calculated and set for the travel control of the vehicle, especially for a curved portion of a road, in a matching manner that the calculated travel locus approximates the travel locus created by the steering operation of the driver. The above locus calculation scheme generates a natural travel locus because the driver of the vehicle usually gazes at an exit of the curved portion of the road when he/she steers the vehicle on the road. The natural travel locus calculated and set by the travel support apparatus prevents the driver from having discomfort and/or unsafe feeling while the travel of the vehicle is controlled by the apparatus.
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13 Claims
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1. A travel support apparatus comprising:
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a gaze point set unit for setting a gaze point of a driver of a movable body; and a trajectory set unit for setting a trajectory of the movable body based on the gaze point set by the gaze point set unit. - View Dependent Claims (3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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2. A travel support apparatus comprising:
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a position acquisition unit for acquiring, as environment information, a position of an object existing at a proximity of a movable body; a motion acquisition unit for acquiring, as motion information, a motion of the movable body; an observed motion calculation unit for calculating, based on a retina sphere model that models a retina of a driver of the movable body together with the environment information and motion information, observed motion representative of motion information of the object being projected onto the retina; and a trajectory set unit for setting a trajectory of the movable body based on the observed motion. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 8, 13)
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