Patent attributes
A driving assistance apparatus is configured to assist in driving a vehicle and includes a combined-blind-area calculator and a driving-condition setter. The combined-blind-area calculator is configured to set potential vehicles in respective vehicle blind areas that are caused by multiple shrouds located around the vehicle and that are blind areas for the vehicle and calculate a combined blind area that is formed by at least two of potential vehicle blind areas that are caused by the multiple shrouds and that are blind areas for the respective potential vehicles. The driving-condition setter is configured to set multiple paths for moving the vehicle to a location outside the combined blind area and set a driving condition of the vehicle, based on any one of the multiple paths.
