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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2015
Denso Corporation, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;
Ayako Tsunoda, Kariya, JP;
Hiroshi Morimoto, Kariya, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;
Abstract
A driving burden estimation device, which is equipped to a subject vehicle and estimates a driving burden on a driver of the subject vehicle, includes a distance detection portion detecting an inter-vehicle distance between a non-subject vehicle travelling ahead of the subject vehicle and the subject vehicle, a speed detection portion detecting a traveling speed of the subject vehicle, a calculation portion calculating an inter-vehicle time taken until the subject vehicle reaches a present location of the non-subject vehicle based on the inter-vehicle distance and the traveling speed, and a burden estimation portion estimating the driving burden according to the inter-vehicle time and the traveling speed in such a manner that the driving burden decreases as the traveling speed becomes higher under a same inter-vehicle time.