DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS

摘要

When an own vehicle is highly likely to collide with an obstacle, a notification of prompting a driver to carry out a collision avoidance operation is appropriately given. When an output request for collision avoidance support information exists, a notification ECU notifies of the collision avoidance support information irrespective of absence/presence of an output request for vehicle-infrastructure cooperation support information. When the output request for the collision avoidance support information does not exist and the output request for the vehicle-infrastructure cooperation support information exists, the notification ECU notifies of the vehicle-infrastructure cooperation support information. Thus, when the conditions for the notification of the vehicle-infrastructure cooperation support information and the collision avoidance support information are simultaneously satisfied, the vehicle-infrastructure cooperation support information is inhibited from being notified and the collision avoidance support information is notified.

主权项

1. A driving support apparatus, comprising:
externally transmitted information acquisition means for acquiring externally transmitted information transmitted from a communication device external to an own vehicle, the externally transmitted information comprising at least one of vehicle detection information on another vehicle detected in a vicinity of the own vehicle, or traffic light information on lighting of a traffic light installed in the vicinity of the own vehicle; own vehicle information acquisition means for acquiring own vehicle information representing a position and a driving state of the own vehicle; first notification means for giving a notification for driving support when a first condition, which is a condition based on the externally transmitted information and the own vehicle information, and is a condition that necessitates provision of the driving support for a driver, is satisfied; obstacle detection means installed on the own vehicle, for detecting an obstacle existing at least ahead of the own vehicle; second notification means for giving a notification of prompting the driver to carry out a collision avoidance operation when a second condition that the own vehicle is highly likely to collide with the detected obstacle is satisfied; and arbitration means for inhibiting the notification by the first notification means and causing the second notification means to give the notification when the first condition and the second condition are simultaneously satisfied.