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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2015
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tadashi Miyahara, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuo Shimotani, Tokyo, JP;
Satoru Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Sakai, Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Karita, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Kimura, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshio Sato, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A driving assistance device includes a driving operation pattern storage in which a predetermined driving operation pattern is stored, an automatic driving controller configured to perform automatic driving of a vehicle in accordance with the driving operation pattern, a notification sequence storage configured to store a notification sequence corresponding to the driving operation pattern, and a notification processor configured to perform notification to a driver of the vehicle in accordance with the notification sequence. The notification sequence storage stores a plurality of notification sequences different in detail level for one driving operation pattern. When the automatic driving in accordance with the driving operation pattern is performed, the notification processor selects one of the plurality of notification sequences, and performs notification to the driver in accordance with the selected notification sequence in conformity with a progress of the relevant driving operation pattern in the automatic driving.