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Title:
VEHICLE DRIVING ASSIST APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2009012493
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a vehicle driving assist apparatus that can warn a driver at an early timing after a lane change start in accordance with the positional relationships of his/her own vehicle with other vehicles running behind and beside.

An own vehicle information detection means 1 acquires steering speed information in an initial phase of steering. An external vehicle information detection means 2 detects information about another vehicle existing about the own vehicle. A collision warning computation means 5 estimates a time and position to enter the route of the other vehicle by a lane change from the steering speed information in the initial phase of steering acquired by the own vehicle information detection means 1, and determines a risk of collision between the own vehicle and the other vehicle according to the estimated entering time and entering position. A warning means 4 warns the driver.


Inventors:
TAKAHASHI JUNYA
IMURA SHINYA
YAMAZAKI MASARU
YOSHIDA TATSUYA
Application Number:
JP2007173131A
Publication Date:
January 22, 2009
Filing Date:
June 29, 2007
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
HITACHI LTD
International Classes:
B60R21/00; B60W10/18; B60W10/184; B60W10/20; B60W30/00; B60W30/09; B60W40/068; B60W50/14; B60W50/16; G08G1/16
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kasuga Toshiaki