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DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE

  • US 20170092133A1
  • Filed: 09/21/2016
  • Published: 03/30/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A driving support apparatus comprising:

  • an autonomous sensor which acquires information including a position and a speed of another vehicle relative to an own vehicle;

    a first determination part which uses the position and the speed of the another vehicle acquired by the autonomous sensor to determine whether a first notification point in time has come, the first notification point in time being a point in time at which a notification that a likelihood of a collision between the own vehicle and the another vehicle exists is provided, and which generates a first notification request when it is determined that the first notification point in time has come;

    an inter-vehicle communication device which acquires, from the another vehicle through wireless communication, information including a position of the another vehicle which is acquired based on GPS signals received by the another vehicle and a speed of the another vehicle;

    own vehicle position acquisition means for receiving GPS signals and acquiring a position of the own vehicle based on the GPS signals;

    own vehicle speed detection means for detecting a speed of the own vehicle;

    a second determination part which uses the position and the speed of the another vehicle acquired by the inter-vehicle communication device, the position of the own vehicle acquired by the own vehicle position acquisition means, and the speed of the own vehicle detected by the own vehicle speed detection means to determine whether a second notification point in time has come, the second notification point in time being a point in time at which a notification that a likelihood of a collision between the own vehicle and the another vehicle exists is provided, and which generates a second notification request when it is determined that the second notification point in time has come; and

    notification means for providing a notification according to the first notification request at the first notification point in time, and providing a notification according to the second notification request at the second notification point in time,wherein the notification means is configured not to provide the notification according to the second notification request at the second notification point in time, but to provide the notification according to the first notification request at the first notification point in time, if the second notification point in time has come in a period from a point in time earlier than the first notification point in time by a predetermined time length to the first notification point in time.

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