Drive assist apparatus
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYuki Hatsude, Takaya Yamashita, Hiroki Shimazu
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Abstract
A drive assist apparatus for a vehicle is configured to issue a primary warning when a predetermined target present around the ego vehicle enters an assist area set around the ego vehicle, issue a secondary warning when a direction indicator of the ego vehicle is operated while the primary warning is being issued, and change the content of the secondary warning depending on whether or not the ego lane and the adjacent lane in the direction indicated by the direction indicator are in traffic congestion.
Claims4
A drive assist apparatus for a vehicle, the drive assist apparatus being configured to
- issue a primary warning when a predetermined target present around the vehicle enters an assist area set around the vehicle,
- issue a secondary warning when a direction indicator of the vehicle is operated while the primary warning is being issued, and
- change content of the secondary warning depending on whether or not an ego lane and an adjacent lane in a direction indicated by the direction indicator are in traffic congestion.
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