Alerting apparatus

摘要

An alerting apparatus issues an alert regarding a moving obstacle to a driver of a host vehicle when the host vehicle enters an intersection of a crossroad that is connected to a traveling road on which the host vehicle is traveling, and the traveling road, in a left-hand traffic jurisdiction. This alerting apparatus includes an ECU. The ECU is configured to issue the alert regarding the moving obstacle when it is determined that a path of the moving obstacle intersects with an intersect determination range, and set the intersect determination range to be shorter in length in a front-rear direction of the host vehicle when the traveling direction of the host vehicle is a left turn than when the traveling direction of the host vehicle is a right turn.

主权项

1. An alerting apparatus that issues an alert regarding a moving obstacle to a driver of a host vehicle, when the host vehicle enters an intersection of a crossroad that is connected to a traveling road on which the host vehicle is traveling, and the traveling road, in a left-hand traffic jurisdiction, the alerting apparatus comprising:
an ECU configured to
determine a traveling direction of the host vehicle entering the intersection;set an intersect determination range that extends out in front of the host vehicle from the host vehicle, based on a result of the determination;obtain position information of the moving obstacle;estimate a path of the moving obstacle, based on the position information of the moving obstacle;determine whether the path of the moving obstacle intersects with the intersect determination range;issue the alert regarding the moving obstacle to the driver when it is determined that the path of the moving obstacle intersects with the intersect determination range; andset the intersect determination range to be shorter in length in a front-rear direction of the host vehicle when the traveling direction of the host vehicle is a left turn than when the traveling direction of the host vehicle is a right turn.