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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2014
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Asako Kitaura, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasuhiko Nakano, Kawasaki, JP;
FUJITSU LIMITED, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A driving support apparatus includes a line-of-data judgment unit configured to judge a type of line-of-sight data indicating a direction of the line of sight of a driver; an estimation unit configured to estimate an attentive watching state of the driver on a target area to be attentively watched by performing based on the target area being set depending on a driving situation based on vehicle state information and a direction of the line of sight indicated by a plurality of pieces of line-of-sight data acquired in a judgment time; and a confidence-level-calculation unit configured to calculate a confidence level of an estimation result of the attentive watching state by performing based on one of setting accuracy of the target area, and a configuration state of line-of-sight data associated with each type of the plurality of pieces of line-of-sight data acquired in the judgment time.