Reliable obstacle detecting driving support apparatus

摘要

Provided is a driving support apparatus that allows a driver to know the reliability of provided information by performing the switching of contents of voice information in accordance with a reliability indicator value concerning an obstacle detection result. The driving support apparatus includes: an obstacle detecting unit for detecting an obstacle around a vehicle; and an obstacle information providing unit for outputting, by voice, positional information of the obstacle detected by the obstacle detecting unit, wherein the obstacle detecting unit includes a function of calculating a reliability indicator value concerning a detection result, and the obstacle information providing unit includes obstacle information providing and a judging unit that judges switching of contents of voice information to be provided in accordance with magnitude of the reliability indicator value outputted from the obstacle detecting unit.