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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2015
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Shinya Kawamata, Susono, JP;
Kiyoto Hanita, Susono, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An alerting apparatus issues an alert regarding a moving obstacle to a driver of a host vehicle when the host vehicle enters an intersection of a crossroad that is connected to a traveling road on which the host vehicle is traveling, and the traveling road, in a left-hand traffic jurisdiction. This alerting apparatus includes an ECU. The ECU is configured to issue the alert regarding the moving obstacle when it is determined that a path of the moving obstacle intersects with an intersect determination range, and set the intersect determination range to be shorter in length in a front-rear direction of the host vehicle when the traveling direction of the host vehicle is a left turn than when the traveling direction of the host vehicle is a right turn.