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Patent Inventor Names
Hiromichi Tanaka0
Tadashi Kamada0
Date of Patent
June 19, 2012
0Patent Application Number
122921540
Date Filed
November 12, 2008
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Patent abstract
A driving assistance apparatus that performs accurate driving assistance in accordance with actual road environment is provided. An electronic control unit (ECU) acquires shape information and vehicular swept path information about a subject vehicle and a nearby vehicle, representing vehicles and movement thereof as rectangular solids. A three-dimensional space is formed as a vehicular swept path for the rectangular solid and a road map generated based on the formed three-dimensional space. A notification is provided if the subject vehicle runs outside a space. Control support is provided to return the subject vehicle to an area indicated as safe.
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