DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS FOR TOW COUPLING

摘要

A driving support device outputs, to a display means (103), a superimposed image in which a pair of left and right planar predicted trajectory guide marks (405), (406) corresponding to steering of the vehicle are superimposed onto a captured vehicle-rearview image including the tow vehicle connector (402) and the towed-vehicle connector (404). An image superimposing unit (112) superimposes sides (405a), (406a) of the predicted trajectory guide marks (405), (406) that are on the vehicle-width-center side further towards the outer edge relative to the tow vehicle connector (402), and superimposes sides (405b), (406b) of the predicted trajectory guide marks (405), (406) that are on the outer-edge side in the vehicle-width direction as predicted trajectories of the side edges of the vehicle.

主权项

1. A driving support apparatus comprising:
an image acquiring section that acquires a captured image of an area behind a vehicle supported by the driving support apparatus, the area including a tow coupler at a rear portion of the vehicle and a tow-target coupler of a tow-target vehicle to be coupled to the tow coupler; and a superimposing section that superimposes a pair of left and right planar predicted-trajectory guide marks in accordance with steering operation of the vehicle supported by the driving support apparatus, on the captured image acquired by the image acquiring section and that outputs a superimposed image, wherein each of the pair of left and right planar predicted-trajectory guide marks comprises at least a first line that forms a first side of the predicted-trajectory guide mark located on a center side of a vehicle width direction and a second line that forms a second side of the predicted-trajectory guide mark located on an outer edge side of the vehicle width direction, the first line being separated from the second line, the superimposing section superimposes first lines of the predicted-trajectory guide marks respectively at positions in an outer edge direction from the tow coupler as a predicted-trajectory of the tow coupler, the first lines being located on the center side of the vehicle width direction, and the superimposing section superimposes second lines of the predicted-trajectory guide marks respectively as predicted-trajectories of both lateral edges of the vehicle supported by the driving support apparatus, the second lines being located on the outer edge side of the vehicle width direction.