Driving assistance apparatus
First Claim
1. A driving assistance apparatus comprising:
- a marking information storage section which stores position information with respect to road markings formed on a road, with the position of each road marking being stored associated with at least one marking-target distance which is the distance along the road between the road marking and a control target, a particular road marking having more than one associated control target when each associated control target for that particular road marking is located on a different branch road from the road on which the road marking is located;
an image acquisition section which is mounted on the vehicle, and which acquires an image of the vehicle'"'"'s surroundings;
a road marking detection section which detects, based upon an image acquired by the image acquisition section, a road marking formed on the road on which the vehicle is traveling;
a road information storage section which stores information with respect to the road;
a road divergence determination section which determines, based upon the road information, whether or not the road diverges forward of the vehicle;
a marking-target distance acquisition section which acquires, by the marking information storage section, a marking-target distance between the road marking and each control target which is associated with the road marking detected by the road marking detection section;
a target-vehicle distance calculation section including a target count determination section configured such that, in a case in which the road divergence determination section has determined that the road diverges ahead, the target count determination section determines whether or not there are a plurality of control targets associated with the road marking detected by the road marking detection section, the target-vehicle distance calculation section being configured such that;
in a case in which there are a plurality of control targets associated with a road marking, the acquired marking-target distances for each of the associated control targets are compared, an associated control target whose marking-target distance is smaller than the marking target distance for each of the other associated control targets by at least a predetermined distance is selected, and a target-vehicle distance, which is the distance along the road between the vehicle and the selected control target, is calculated; and
a driving assistance section which assists the user to drive the vehicle based upon the calculation results calculated by the target-vehicle distance calculation section.
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Abstract
A driving assistance apparatus is configured such that, in a case in which determination has been made there is a road marking within a predetermined range from a vehicle, the road marking is detected based upon an image acquired by a rear-side camera. In a case in which there is a single control target solely associated with the road marking thus detected, or in a case in which there are multiple control targets associated with the road marking, and the difference in the marking-target distance is equal to or greater than a driving control threshold distance, the target-vehicle distance, which is the distance between the vehicle and the control target that is a target for guidance and vehicle control, is calculated. The driving assistance apparatus performs guidance and vehicle control according to the control target based upon the target-vehicle distance thus calculated.
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1. A driving assistance apparatus comprising:
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a marking information storage section which stores position information with respect to road markings formed on a road, with the position of each road marking being stored associated with at least one marking-target distance which is the distance along the road between the road marking and a control target, a particular road marking having more than one associated control target when each associated control target for that particular road marking is located on a different branch road from the road on which the road marking is located; an image acquisition section which is mounted on the vehicle, and which acquires an image of the vehicle'"'"'s surroundings; a road marking detection section which detects, based upon an image acquired by the image acquisition section, a road marking formed on the road on which the vehicle is traveling; a road information storage section which stores information with respect to the road; a road divergence determination section which determines, based upon the road information, whether or not the road diverges forward of the vehicle; a marking-target distance acquisition section which acquires, by the marking information storage section, a marking-target distance between the road marking and each control target which is associated with the road marking detected by the road marking detection section; a target-vehicle distance calculation section including a target count determination section configured such that, in a case in which the road divergence determination section has determined that the road diverges ahead, the target count determination section determines whether or not there are a plurality of control targets associated with the road marking detected by the road marking detection section, the target-vehicle distance calculation section being configured such that; in a case in which there are a plurality of control targets associated with a road marking, the acquired marking-target distances for each of the associated control targets are compared, an associated control target whose marking-target distance is smaller than the marking target distance for each of the other associated control targets by at least a predetermined distance is selected, and a target-vehicle distance, which is the distance along the road between the vehicle and the selected control target, is calculated; and a driving assistance section which assists the user to drive the vehicle based upon the calculation results calculated by the target-vehicle distance calculation section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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