DRIVING ASSISTING APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A driving assisting apparatus which performs driving assistance so that collision with an obstacle around a vehicle is avoided by intervention control, comprising:
- an obstacle detecting unit that detects a region including an obstacle around the vehicle;
a course calculating unit that calculates a plurality of intervention control courses, which can be taken by the vehicle, when the intervention control is executed after a driver'"'"'s operation is allowed for a predetermined time;
a determination unit that determines the degree of overlap of each of the intervention control courses with respect to the region including the obstacle on the basis of the region including the obstacle detected by the obstacle detecting unit and the plurality of intervention control courses calculated by the course calculating unit; and
an intervention control executing unit that executes the intervention control when the determination unit determines that the number of intervention control courses not overlapping the region including the obstacle is equal to or smaller than a predetermined value.
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Abstract
There is a driving assisting apparatus capable of reducing a feeling of discomfort of a driver by respecting the driver'"'"'s operation as much as possible in a range where an obstacle can be reliably avoided by intervention control. An ECU 2 of a driving assisting apparatus 1 includes an obstacle detecting section 22, a control course calculating section 23, a determination section 24, and an intervention control executing section 25. The obstacle detecting section 22 detects an obstacle region around a vehicle. The control course calculating section 23 calculates an intervention control course, which can be taken by the vehicle, when the intervention control is executed after the driver'"'"'s operation is allowed for a predetermined time. The determination section 24 determines whether the number of intervention control courses, which do not overlap the obstacle region, is equal to or smaller than a predetermined number from the obstacle region transmitted from the obstacle detecting section 22 and the intervention control course transmitted from the control course calculating section 23. The intervention control executing section 25 executes intervention control along the intervention control course when the number of intervention control courses is the predetermined number.
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5 Claims
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1. A driving assisting apparatus which performs driving assistance so that collision with an obstacle around a vehicle is avoided by intervention control, comprising:
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an obstacle detecting unit that detects a region including an obstacle around the vehicle; a course calculating unit that calculates a plurality of intervention control courses, which can be taken by the vehicle, when the intervention control is executed after a driver'"'"'s operation is allowed for a predetermined time; a determination unit that determines the degree of overlap of each of the intervention control courses with respect to the region including the obstacle on the basis of the region including the obstacle detected by the obstacle detecting unit and the plurality of intervention control courses calculated by the course calculating unit; and an intervention control executing unit that executes the intervention control when the determination unit determines that the number of intervention control courses not overlapping the region including the obstacle is equal to or smaller than a predetermined value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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