DRIVING SUPPORT DEVICE AND DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD

摘要

A driving support device includes: an intersection information acquiring unit 3 to obtain signal light information about traffic signals installed at one or more intersections ahead of a road along which the vehicle is traveling and to obtain distances to the intersections; a vehicle state detector 4 to detect a position and speed of travel of the vehicle; a signal passableness deciding unit 5 to decide a passable or impassable state of the traffic signals by the vehicle from the signal light information, the distances to the intersections, and the position and speed of travel of the vehicle; and a display controller 7 to display the passable or impassable state of the traffic signals decided by the signal passableness deciding unit 5 by changes of color on the map.

主权项

1. A driving support device for assisting a driver to drive a vehicle, the driving support device comprising:
an intersection information acquirer to obtain signal light information about traffic signals installed at one or more intersections ahead of a road along which the vehicle is traveling and to obtain distances to the intersections; a vehicle state detector to detect a position and speed of travel of the vehicle; a signal passableness decider to decide a passable or impassable state of the traffic signals by the vehicle from the signal light information and the distances to the intersections the intersection information acquirer obtains, and from the position and speed of travel of the vehicle the vehicle state detector detects; and a display controller to display a map including the position of the vehicle on a display, and to display the passable or impassable state of the traffic signals decided by the signal passableness decider by changes of color on the map.