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Driving support apparatus and driving support method

  • US 7,720,586 B2
  • Filed: 06/02/2006
  • Issued: 05/18/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A driving support apparatus that supports a driver in driving a vehicle, the driving support apparatus comprising:

  • a state determining unit that determines a state of the vehicle by collecting information concerning an operating condition of the vehicle;

    a plurality of operation determination service providing units each of which determines an optimum operation of the vehicle to achieve a corresponding objective based on the state determined by the state determining unit; and

    an operation arbitrating unit that arbitrates the optimum operations determined by the operation determination service providing units,wherein the operation arbitrating unit calculates an ideal running model for the vehicle from the optimum operations, and the running model includes a speed change model indicating a relationship between a position of the vehicle on a road and a speed of the vehicle.

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