DRIVING SUPPORT DEVICE AND DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a driving support device and a driving support method for conducting more effectively driving support nearby an intersection.

SOLUTION: A driving support device 1 comprises: an own vehicle's passing time zone calculation part 22 for calculating the own vehicle's passing time zone representing a time zone that the own vehicle passes through a prescribed intersection on the basis of the own vehicle's travel information; an other vehicle's passing time zone calculation part 23 for calculating the other vehicle's passing time zone representing a time zone that the other vehicle passes through the intersection on the basis of the other vehicle's travel information; a time zone overlapping determination part 24 for determining whether the own vehicle's passing time zone and the other vehicle's passing time zone overlap or not; and a driving support part 26 for performing the driving support of the own vehicle, which does not perform the driving support of the own vehicle if the time zone overlapping determination part 24 determines that the own vehicle's passing time zone and the other vehicle's passing time zone do not overlap.

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