DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS AND DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD
First Claim
1. A driving assistance apparatus that assists in driving a vehicle, comprising:
- a first assisting section that performs acceleration/deceleration assistance for the vehicle;
a second assisting section, wherein, when it is determined that a relationship between the vehicle and a moving object that has a movement path intersecting with a course of the vehicle meets an assistance condition for activating collision avoidance assistance, the second assisting section performs the collision avoidance assistance for the vehicle to avoid a collision with the moving object;
a predicting section that predicts that the relationship between the vehicle and the moving object will meet the assistance condition for activating the collision avoidance assistance through execution of the acceleration/deceleration assistance for the vehicle by the first assisting section; and
an adjusting section that adjusts a degree of the acceleration/deceleration assistance by the first assisting section based on the prediction that the relationship between the vehicle and the moving object will meet the assistance condition.
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Abstract
A driving support apparatus for ensuring consistency of content for multiple driving supports related to vehicle acceleration/deceleration. The driving support apparatus is provided with a follow-up running support unit for performing acceleration/deceleration support for a vehicle. A collision-avoidance support unit avoids a collision with a moving body when the relationship between the vehicle and a moving body having a movement path intersecting with the path of the vehicle is determined to meet support conditions for invoking collision-avoidance support. An estimation unit estimates that the relationship between the vehicle and the moving body meets the support conditions for invoking collision-avoidance support using the acceleration/deceleration support by the follow-up running support unit. An adjustment unit adjusts the degree of acceleration/deceleration support by the follow-up running support unit on the basis of the relationship between the vehicle and the moving body having been estimated to meet the support conditions.
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9 Claims
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1. A driving assistance apparatus that assists in driving a vehicle, comprising:
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a first assisting section that performs acceleration/deceleration assistance for the vehicle; a second assisting section, wherein, when it is determined that a relationship between the vehicle and a moving object that has a movement path intersecting with a course of the vehicle meets an assistance condition for activating collision avoidance assistance, the second assisting section performs the collision avoidance assistance for the vehicle to avoid a collision with the moving object; a predicting section that predicts that the relationship between the vehicle and the moving object will meet the assistance condition for activating the collision avoidance assistance through execution of the acceleration/deceleration assistance for the vehicle by the first assisting section; and an adjusting section that adjusts a degree of the acceleration/deceleration assistance by the first assisting section based on the prediction that the relationship between the vehicle and the moving object will meet the assistance condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A driving assistance method for assisting in driving a vehicle, comprising:
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performing acceleration/deceleration assistance for the vehicle by a first assisting section; when it is determined that a relationship between the vehicle and a moving object that has a movement path intersecting with a course of the vehicle meets an assistance condition for activating collision avoidance assistance, performing the collision avoidance assistance for the vehicle to avoid a collision with a moving object by a second assisting section; predicting, by using a prediction section, that the relationship between the vehicle and the moving object will meet the assistance condition for activating the collision avoidance assistance through execution of the acceleration/deceleration assistance for the vehicle; and adjusting, by using an adjusting section, a degree of the acceleration/deceleration assistance based on the prediction that the relationship between the vehicle and the moving object will meet the assistance condition.
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