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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2007
Toshihiro Hattori, Okazaki, JP;
Kiyonari Kojima, Aichi-ken, JP;
Mitsuyasu Matsuura, Chiryu, JP;
Naoki Kamikawa, Nishio, JP;
Mitsuru Fujita, Toyohashi, JP;
Toshihiro Hattori, Okazaki, JP;
Kiyonari Kojima, Aichi-ken, JP;
Mitsuyasu Matsuura, Chiryu, JP;
Naoki Kamikawa, Nishio, JP;
Mitsuru Fujita, Toyohashi, JP;
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Nippon Soken, Inc., Nishio, JP;
Abstract
A driving support apparatus has a display mounted in a vehicle, a driving information receiving unit receiving a steering angle of a steering wheel of the vehicle, and a control unit. The control unit produces a vehicle figure imitating a shape of the vehicle and a tire figure imitating a shape of a tire of the vehicle in a bird's-eye view, calculates a predicted running locus of the vehicle, detects positions of portions of an obstacle facing the vehicle one after another, and controls the display to display a driving support image including the vehicle figure, the tire figure, the running locus and obstacle detecting marks indicating the positions of the obstacle while changing a direction of the tire figure with respect to the vehicle figure according to the steering angle. A driver recognizes a turning rate of the vehicle from the direction of the tire figure.