Aisin Aw Co., Ltd.

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Fujitsu Ten Limited

Masato Kobayashi

Motohiro Nakamura

Satoshi Harumoto

Hidenobu Suzuki

Yuusaku Matsuda

Kazuyuki Matsumura

Mamoru Kainuma

Ryouhei Kanemaru

Teruomi Kuwano

Arihiro Umeda

Shuuji Yamada

Taiichiro Sakoda

A driving support apparatus supports a driver in driving a vehicle on a road by giving instructions. The driving support apparatus includes a recognizing unit that recognizes a current driving lane that is a lane on the road in which the vehicle is currently running; a lane setting unit that sets a driving schedule lane that is a lane in which the vehicle is to be driven; and a guiding unit that determines content of lane guidance based on the driving schedule lane and the current driving lane, and guides the driver to a lane based on the lane guidance when the road is substantially straight.

Driving support apparatus and method

In order to simplify the setting of interchanges for getting on and off, a navigation system has an information retrieval processing unit for obtaining map data and interchanges for getting on and off, a display unit which displays a setup screen for displaying a map including the interchanges for getting on and off and, on the same screen, a simple road chart including neighboring interchanges for getting on and off. When the map is scrolled, the simple road chart is renewed so as to correspond to the area to which the map is scrolled, and the setting of the interchanges for getting on and off is simplified.

Navigation system and program for navigation system setup

Growing community of inventors

Aichi, Japan

Masato Kobayashi