Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Driving support apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 驾驶辅助装置
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Application No.: US11986639Application Date: 2007-11-21
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Publication No.: US07920056B2Publication Date: 2011-04-05
- Inventor: Toshihiro Hattori , Kiyonari Kojima , Mitsuyasu Matsuura , Naoki Kamikawa , Mitsuru Fujita
- Applicant: Toshihiro Hattori , Kiyonari Kojima , Mitsuyasu Matsuura , Naoki Kamikawa , Mitsuru Fujita
- Applicant Address: JP Kariya JP Nishio
- Assignee: Denso Corporation,Nippon Soken, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Denso Corporation,Nippon Soken, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kariya JP Nishio
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, PLC
- Priority: JP2006-322134 20061129
- Main IPC: B60Q1/00
- IPC: B60Q1/00

Abstract:
A driving support apparatus has a display mounted in a vehicle, a driving information receiving unit receiving a steering angle of a steering wheel of the vehicle, and a control unit. The control unit produces a vehicle figure imitating a shape of the vehicle and a tire figure imitating a shape of a tire of the vehicle in a bird's-eye view, calculates a predicted running locus of the vehicle, detects positions of portions of an obstacle facing the vehicle one after another, and controls the display to display a driving support image including the vehicle figure, the tire figure, the running locus and obstacle detecting marks indicating the positions of the obstacle while changing a direction of the tire figure with respect to the vehicle figure according to the steering angle. A driver recognizes a turning rate of the vehicle from the direction of the tire figure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080122604A1 Driving support apparatus Public/Granted day:2008-05-29
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