DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS AND DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD
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1. A driving support apparatus comprising:
- a processor to execute a program; and
a memory to store therein the program which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform operations comprising;
acquiring a positional relationship between at least one moving object and one or more ranges of distance from a user'"'"'s vehicle, each of the one or more ranges of distance being a range in which a notification of approach of the moving object to the user'"'"'s vehicle is to be provided;
causing a display device to display an image of nearby surroundings of the user'"'"'s vehicle including images of the user'"'"'s vehicle and threshold lines that define the one or more ranges of distance; and
changing the image of nearby surroundings of the user'"'"'s vehicle in accordance with the acquired positional relationship acquired by the acquiring unit.
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Abstract
An image of the nearby surroundings of a user'"'"'s vehicle is displayed, which includes images of the user'"'"'s vehicle and threshold lines that define a range of distance from the user'"'"'s vehicle. The image of the nearby surroundings of the user'"'"'s vehicle is changed in accordance with a positional relationship between another vehicle and the range of distance.
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1. A driving support apparatus comprising:
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a processor to execute a program; and a memory to store therein the program which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform operations comprising; acquiring a positional relationship between at least one moving object and one or more ranges of distance from a user'"'"'s vehicle, each of the one or more ranges of distance being a range in which a notification of approach of the moving object to the user'"'"'s vehicle is to be provided; causing a display device to display an image of nearby surroundings of the user'"'"'s vehicle including images of the user'"'"'s vehicle and threshold lines that define the one or more ranges of distance; and changing the image of nearby surroundings of the user'"'"'s vehicle in accordance with the acquired positional relationship acquired by the acquiring unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A driving support method comprising:
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in an acquiring unit, acquiring a positional relationship between at least one moving object and one or more ranges of distance from a user'"'"'s vehicle, each of the one or more ranges of distance being a range in which a notification of approach of the moving object to the user'"'"'s vehicle is to be provided; and in an informing processor, causing a display device to display an image of nearby surroundings of the user'"'"'s vehicle including images of the user'"'"'s vehicle and threshold lines that define the one or more ranges of distance, and changing the image of nearby surroundings of the user'"'"'s vehicle in accordance with the positional relationship acquired in the acquiring unit.
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