Nissan Motor Company Limited

Hirofumi Hashiguchi

Kazuto Sato

Nobuyuki Kuge

Yasuhiko Takae

Yasuhiro Matsushita

A driving maneuver assisting apparatus includes a learning section configured to learn a driving-behavior pattern of a driver for a predetermined duration; a non-steady-state degree calculating section configured to calculate a non-steady-state degree by comparing a current driving-behavior pattern with the driving-behavior pattern learned by the learning section, wherein the non-steady-state degree represents how different the current driving-behavior pattern is from the driving-behavior pattern learned by the learning section; a learning level calculating section configured to calculate a learning level of the learning section; and a notifying section configured to notify the driver of a maneuver assisting information for inducing the driving-behavior pattern learned by the learning section in accordance with the learning level calculated by the learning level calculating section, when the non-steady-state degree calculated by the non-steady-state degree calculating section exceeds a threshold value. The notifying section is configured to provide contents of the maneuver assisting information in more detail as the learning level calculated by the learning level calculating section becomes higher.

Driving maneuver assisting apparatus and method for assisting driving maneuver

A vehicle driving assist apparatus includes an input section to sense a vehicle traveling condition of a vehicle, an output section to present assist information to a driver of the vehicle, and a control section to prepare the assist information in accordance with the vehicle traveling condition sensed by the sensing section. The control section is configured to determine an estimation quantity (such as a driver's receptivity or a driver's responsiveness to the assist information, or a driver's driving behavior), and to adjust the assist information in accordance with the estimation quantity. The control section may be further configured to determine a presentation mode in accordance with the estimation quantity, and to present the assist information through the output section to the driver in the presentation mode.

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Yokosuka, Japan

Hirofumi Hashiguchi