To provide a vehicle travel support device that appropriately sets a safety distance between one's own vehicle and an object during their closest approach according to the kind of the object so as to provide appropriate travel support control according to the safety distance.
A travel support control ECU causes an object detection means (step 102) to detect an object in the forward direction of one's own vehicle and causes an object identifying means (step 104) to identify the kind of the object. Then the ECU causes a safety distance setting means (step 106) to set a safety distance ΔKL according to the kind of the object identified by the object identifying means, and causes a danger anticipating means (step 108-114) to anticipate whether or not the safety distance ΔKL will be secured during the closest approach between the object detected by the object detection means and the one's own vehicle Ma, and causes a travel support control means (step 118) to provide travel support control if the danger anticipating means anticipates that the safety distance ΔKL will not be secured during the closest approach between the object and the one's own vehicle Ma.
ABE YOICHI
TSURUHARA RYUZO
HASEGAWA SHINICHI
Kazusa Tomita