DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS, VEHICLE, NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM CONTAINING COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD

• Main Author: GOTO, Ikuo
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 03.10.2024
• Subjects: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

A driving assistance apparatus configured to assist driving of a vehicle includes one or more processors and one or more memories. The one or more processors execute a speed change plan setting process of setting one or more speed change plans based on a current position of the vehicle, etc. The speed change plan defines a speed change of the vehicle from the current position to a particular point, and is configured to allow the vehicle to pass the particular point at a speed lower than an upper-limit speed. The one or more processors execute a visualization control process of visualizing a virtual object when the speed of the vehicle is higher than a speed defined by the one or more speed change plans. The visualization control process is configured to allow a driver to recognize a risk of contact between the vehicle and the virtual object.