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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2012
Osamu Fukata, Sagamihara, JP;
Yasuhisa Hayakawa, Yokohama, JP;
Chikao Tsuchiya, Cambridge, MA (US);
Masanori Furuya, Beijing, CN;
Osamu Fukata, Sagamihara, JP;
Yasuhisa Hayakawa, Yokohama, JP;
Chikao Tsuchiya, Cambridge, MA (US);
Masanori Furuya, Beijing, CN;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A driving assistance device is provided with a turning state detection unit, an imaging unit, a solid object detection unit and a detection region modification unit. When the turning state detection unit detects that a host vehicle is in a turning state, the detection region modification unit alters a position of a detection region with respect to the host vehicle, or alters a shape or an area of the detection region based on the turning state of the host vehicle. For example, the detection region modification unit sets a shorter region length of the detection region as the turning radius of the host vehicle becomes smaller. Hereby, the region closest to the host vehicle is set, to a limited extent, as the detection regions.