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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2013
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Sekine, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A driving assistance control apparatus includes an own-vehicle position acquiring unit that acquires the position of an own vehicle; a curve information acquiring unit that acquires curve information on a driving course; a continuous curves detecting unit that detects a first curve ahead of the own vehicle and a second curve that exists at a far side of the own vehicle with respect to the first curve and that is continuous to the first curve, based on the acquired position of the own vehicle and the acquired curve information; and a curve alert control unit that controls a curve alerting unit that alerts the presence of the second curve before an entrance of the second curve. The curve alert control unit sets the alert timing of the second curve in accordance with the curve information about the first curve.