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Title:
DRIVING SUPPORTING APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2008257350
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To prevent collision with a preceding vehicle by stable behavior, based on a deterministic prediction result relating to behavior of the preceding vehicle.

It is predicted whether a preceding vehicle which is cruising on a right lane or a left lane relating to its own vehicle cruising lane will change its lane into the own vehicle cruising lane by a lane change prediction unit 52, based on: a blink state of a blinker of the preceding vehicle which is determined by a direction indication state determining unit 42; a position of the lane in which the preceding vehicle is cruising, and which is determined by a preceding vehicle lane determining unit 44; preceding vehicle information calculated by a preceding vehicle calculating unit 46; lane disappearance information acquired by a lane disappearance information acquiring unit 48; and obstruction information acquired by obstruction information acquiring unit 50. Then driving support is performed for a driver when the preceding vehicle is predicted as changing its lane into the own vehicle cruising lane.


Inventors:
KURAHASHI TETSUO
Application Number:
JP2007096671A
Publication Date:
October 23, 2008
Filing Date:
April 02, 2007
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
TOYOTA CENTRAL RES & DEV
International Classes:
G08G1/16; B60R21/00
Domestic Patent References:
JP2002236994A2002-08-23
JP2004001715A2004-01-08
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Atsushi Nakajima
Kato Kazunori