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Driving support system

  • US 7,783,426 B2
  • Filed: 04/10/2006
  • Issued: 08/24/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A driving support system for a vehicle being adaptable to a manual driving mode, a partially-automated driving mode and a fully-automated driving mode, the driving support system comprising:

  • a detection means for detecting a surrounding condition of the vehicle and a traveling condition of the vehicle; and

    an information provision means for providing driving support information for the driver of the vehicle based on the surrounding condition of the vehicle and the traveling condition of the vehicle detected by the detection means and when the surrounding condition of the vehicle and the traveling condition of the vehicle meet a criterion for information provision, whereinthe information provision means provides the driving support information from a lower risk level to a higher risk level to the driver when the vehicle is in the manual driving mode, and provides the driving support information at the higher risk level without the driving support information at the lower risk level to the driver when the vehicle is in the fully-automated driving mode.

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