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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2010
Jun Sakugawa, Gotenba, JP;
Hideo Fukamachi, Hadano, JP;
Masayuki Shimizu, Susono, JP;
Shinichi Nagata, Yokohama, JP;
Jun Sakugawa, Gotenba, JP;
Hideo Fukamachi, Hadano, JP;
Masayuki Shimizu, Susono, JP;
Shinichi Nagata, Yokohama, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A device for providing driving assistance for a driver of the vehicle to avoid the object of the risk subject when driving the vehicle, which includes: an object determination unit that detects the object; a collision prediction time calculation unit that calculates a time to collision which is a time indicating a degree to which the vehicle approaches to the object; an estimated risk level determination unit that determines an estimated risk level indicating a possibility of the object moving onto a predicted travelling path of the vehicle; and a driving assistance content determination unit that determines driving assistance content based on the collision prediction time and the estimated risk level.