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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2024
Filed:
May. 25, 2021
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Takehito Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Nojiri, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Fukumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshimasa Okabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A driving assistance apparatus configured to support a driving of a vehicle at a time of pulling out of the vehicle, the driving assistance apparatus including: a control section configured to determine a movement path from a parking space to a predetermined position of a road region, and run the vehicle along the movement path on a basis of surroundings information of the vehicle when pulling out the vehicle from the parking space to the road region, wherein the control section leaves an accelerator operation for the vehicle to a user while automatically controlling a steering operation for the vehicle at least in a section in the movement path, and switches from an automated driving mode to a manual driving mode in response to the steering operation that is performed by the user when the vehicle travels in the section.