Vehicle occupant assistance apparatus

A vehicle occupant assistance apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:

• an automatic driving control section that causes the vehicle to travel by automatic driving, based on a route and operation plan;
• an activation section that
• activates, during the automatic driving, a make-up mode in which an occupant is assisted in applying make-up to the occupant, and
• terminates the make-up mode in response to the automatic driving being finished;
• an acceleration prediction section that predicts acceleration occurring when the vehicle is traveling by the automatic driving, based on the route and operation plan;
• an identification section configured to, in a state where the make-up mode is activated during the automatic driving, identify a site to which the occupant applies make-up;
• and
• a notification section that, in the state where the make-up mode is activated during the automatic driving, notifies of assistance information for assisting the occupant in applying make-up before a predetermined value of the acceleration occurs, based on predicted values of the acceleration, wherein
• the activation section activates the make-up mode when a cover part of a mirror part on a sun visor provided in a vehicle cabin is opened,
• the notification section is configured to change the predetermined value of the acceleration, according to the site identified, wherein
• in response to the site to which the occupant applies make-up being identified as an eye, the notification section is configured to set the predetermined value to a first predetermined value, and
• in response to the site to which the occupant applies make-up being identified as a mouth, the notification section is configured to set the predetermined value to a second predetermined value, wherein the first predetermined value is smaller than the second predetermined value,
• the acceleration prediction section predicts accelerations in a plurality of directions occurring when the vehicle is traveling by the automatic driving, and
• in the state where the make-up mode is activated during the automatic driving, the notification section notifies the occupant of, among the plurality of directions, a direction in which the vehicle will shake, in response to the acceleration predicted in said direction exceeding a corresponding threshold.