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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2017
Denso Corporation, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;
Takeshi Miura, Kariya, JP;
Masayoshi Oishi, Kariya, JP;
Hiroaki Niino, Kariya, JP;
Koji Fujiki, Kariya, JP;
Shotaro Fukuda, Kariya, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;
Abstract
A driving support apparatus includes a driving support unit, a switching control unit, a reliability detection unit, and a threshold lowering unit. The switching control unit ceases driving support by the driving support unit and switches a driving state from driving in which the driving support is performed to manual driving, according to input from an operation detection unit when operating force or an operation amount exceeds a threshold. The reliability detection unit detects degradation of reliability of the driving support by the driving support unit. The threshold lowering unit lowers the threshold when the reliability detection unit detects the degradation of the reliability.