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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2009
Applicant:
Tsuneo Miyakoshi, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Tsuneo Miyakoshi, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A driving assistance device which performs driving assistance for an assisted vehicle A traveling on a non-priority roadand trying to merge into a priority roadon the basis of the presence of a vehicle B traveling on the priority roadincludes an assistance processing sectionwhich changes the end position of driving assistance on the basis of traffic conditions on a first lane, which is nearest to the non-priority road, of lanes of the priority road. Accordingly, it is possible to perform appropriate driving assistance for a driver.