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Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013

Filed:

Feb. 23, 2010
Applicants:

Toshiyuki Murata, Zama, JP;

Yoshifumi Takigawa, Isehara, JP;

Yosuke Kobayashi, Yokohama, JP;

Tomoaki Oida, Ebina, JP;

Yuwun Chai, Isehara, JP;

Taku Suzuki, Isehara, JP;

Motoaki Hosaka, Ebina, JP;

Hironobu Kikuchi, Isehara, JP;

Satoshi Tange, Fujisawa, JP;

Takeshi Kimura, Yokohama, JP;

Inventors:

Toshiyuki Murata, Zama, JP;

Yoshifumi Takigawa, Isehara, JP;

Yosuke Kobayashi, Yokohama, JP;

Tomoaki Oida, Ebina, JP;

Yuwun Chai, Isehara, JP;

Taku Suzuki, Isehara, JP;

Motoaki Hosaka, Ebina, JP;

Hironobu Kikuchi, Isehara, JP;

Satoshi Tange, Fujisawa, JP;

Takeshi Kimura, Yokohama, JP;

Assignee:

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 6/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A vehicle driving operation support apparatus for a vehicle, includes a sensing section to sense a traveling condition of the vehicle including a surrounding condition inclusive of an obstacle around the vehicle, and a control section to calculate a risk potential for the vehicle in accordance with the traveling condition. The control section performs a support control to support the driver in accordance with the risk potential and performs an assist control to produce inducement simulating a condition change (such as a vehicle behavior) attributable to an increase of the risk potential, in accordance with the risk potential.


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