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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2015
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Takuya Kaminade, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A driving support device for a host vehicle that travels on a first road and makes a direction change, at a junction between the first road and a second road, by turning right or left is provided. The driving support device includes: a front detection unit configured to detect an object in front of the host vehicle; a recognition unit configured to recognize a state of another vehicle that travels on the second road toward the junction and that follows the host vehicle after the host vehicle completes the direction change, based on a detection result of the front detection unit obtained before or during the direction change; and a support determination unit configured to determine whether the host vehicle needs a rear-side support in relation to the state of the other vehicle, based on a recognition result of the recognition unit.