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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2016
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Kazushige Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Osamu Yamaji, Hiroshima, JP;
Azusa Gojyo, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Kajita, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiaki Mori, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Okada, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A driver can intuitively and conveniently perform an operation for instructing a traffic lane change to a vehicle. In a driving support device, an image output unitoutputs, to a display unit, an image containing an own vehicle object representing an own vehicle and a plurality of traffic lanes. An operation signal input unitreceives an operation of a user for moving the own vehicle object in the image displayed on the display unitfrom a first traffic lane to a second traffic lane. A command output unitoutputs, to an automatic driving control unitthat controls automatic driving, a command for instructing the change of a traveling traffic lane of the own vehicle from the first traffic lane to the second traffic lane when the operation is received.