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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2022
Subaru Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hikaru Yoshikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Masahito Sekine, Tokyo, JP;
Yuta Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Ryuya Azuma, Tokyo, JP;
Keisuke Motegi, Tokyo, JP;
Yu Hasegawa, Tokyo, JP;
SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A driving assistance apparatus includes an outside recognition device, a locator unit, and a driving control unit. The outside recognition device is configured to acquire traffic environment information around the vehicle. The locator unit is configured to store road map information and detect a position of the vehicle based on a positioning signal. The driving control unit is configured to control the vehicle based on forward traffic environment information acquired by the outside recognition device. The driving control unit is configured to execute a wrong-way driving detection process and a restricted traffic zone determination process to determine whether the vehicle is performing wrong-way driving in an oncoming lane. The wrong-way driving detection process involves detecting wrong-way driving of the vehicle from the traffic environment information, and the restricted traffic zone determination process involves detecting a restricted traffic zone in a driving lane of the vehicle from the traffic environment information.