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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2016
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Kazushige Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Osamu Yamaji, Hiroshima, JP;
Azusa Gojyo, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Kajita, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiaki Mori, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Okada, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A driver can intuitively and conveniently perform an operation for instructing passing to a vehicle. In a driving support device, an image output unitoutputs, to a display unit, an image containing an own vehicle object representing an own vehicle and an another vehicle object representing another vehicle in front of the own vehicle object. An operation signal input unitreceives an operation of a user for changing the positional relationship between the own vehicle object and the another vehicle object in the image displayed on the display unit. A command output unitoutputs, to an automatic driving control unit, a command for instructing the own vehicle to pass the another vehicle when the positional relationship between the own vehicle object and the another vehicle object is changed such that the own vehicle object is positioned in front of the another vehicle object.