Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus for travel support
- Patent Title (中): 旅行支援设备
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Application No.: US12462416Application Date: 2009-08-04
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Publication No.: US08280588B2Publication Date: 2012-10-02
- Inventor: Hiroshi Inou , Mamoru Sawada
- Applicant: Hiroshi Inou , Mamoru Sawada
- Applicant Address: JP Kariya
- Assignee: Denso Corporation
- Current Assignee: Denso Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kariya
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, PLC
- Priority: JP2008-203410 20080806
- Main IPC: G06F7/00
- IPC: G06F7/00

Abstract:
A travel support apparatus sets a travel locus of a vehicle based on a gaze point of a driver of the vehicle. By utilizing the gaze point, the travel locus is calculated and set for the travel control of the vehicle, especially for a curved portion of a road, in a matching manner that the calculated travel locus approximates the travel locus created by the steering operation of the driver. The above locus calculation scheme generates a natural travel locus because the driver of the vehicle usually gazes at an exit of the curved portion of the road when he/she steers the vehicle on the road. The natural travel locus calculated and set by the travel support apparatus prevents the driver from having discomfort and/or unsafe feeling while the travel of the vehicle is controlled by the apparatus.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100036563A1 Apparatus for travel support Public/Granted day:2010-02-11
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