DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE
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Abstract
Based on a requested target input by the driver using input means 14 (such as a destination, a travel method to the destination, for example, whether time is a priority or a fuel consumption is a priority), the driver plan creating ECU 1 selects the travel path based on the map information stored in map DB 13 and the current positional information of the vehicle obtained by the GPS 12. Additionally, the path information of the selected path is obtained, and the target track of the vehicle on the selected path is calculated. The variable area which is variable range of the calculated tracking based on the path information is obtained. The driving control ECU 2 uses the variable area information at the time of vehicle control.
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12 Claims
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1-7. -7. (canceled)
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8. A driving assistance device comprising:
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path target acquisition means for obtaining a driver requested target at the time of travel path setting; path selection means for selecting a travel path according to the acquired target; path information acquisition means for obtaining path information of the selected path; target track computation means for calculating a target track of a vehicle on the selected path; variable area calculation means for determining a passable area of the vehicle on the path based on the path information and obtaining a variable area, a range in which change is allowed, of the track calculated based on the passable area; driver'"'"'s intention estimation means for estimating intention of travel based on a driver'"'"'s manipulation state; modification means for modifying the target track or a support manipulation depending on the obtained variable area based on the estimated driver'"'"'s intention of manipulation when a path movement support is performed based on the established target track. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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