Vehicle driving operation support apparatus/process and restraint control

摘要

The invention relates to a vehicle driving operation support apparatus comprising a vehicle condition sensing section (30,140,130FL-RR) to sense a vehicle condition of a vehicle; an obstacle condition sensing section (9) to monitor a surrounding condition including an obstacle around the vehicle; an operation input (7,8.5) to which a driver's driving operation is inputted by a driver to operate the vehicle; a motion regulating section (4FL-RR) to regulate a movement inputted to the driver; and a control section (50) to calculate a risk potential to the obstacle in accordance with the vehicle condition and the surrounding condition, to provide an operational reaction to the driving operation in accordance with the risk potential. The control section (50) further performs an assist control to restrain disturbance transmitted to the driver in accordance with the risk potential by controlling the motion regulating section. Roadside disturbances arre thus restrained if the driver is about to receive a haptic warning on the steering wheel or any pedal, to ensure that the driver can perceive the warning.