US Patent 9437110 Drive assisting apparatus

A drive assisting apparatus includes an assistance controller configured to create a target vehicle travelling state in which a timing to start stop assistance is changed in accordance with an elapsed time elapsed from at the time a traffic light, which exists in an advancing direction of a vehicle, is switched to a stop display, and an assisting device configured to be able to output drive assisting information for assisting the driving of the vehicle based on the target travelling state amount of the vehicle.