Driving assisting apparatus for preventing vehicular collision
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorsKazuyoshi Isaji, Naohiko Tsuru
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Abstract
A driving assisting apparatus for preventing a vehicular collision including a camera, a target detector and a processor. The camera takes an image of a predetermined range in front of a vehicle. The target detector detects in the image a target notifying to stop the vehicle to prevent a vehicular collision. In a case that the target detector detects a plurality of the targets, the processor automatically stops the vehicle at a safe position required to prevent the vehicle from colliding with another vehicle.
Claims10
A driving assisting apparatus for preventing a vehicular collision comprising:
- a camera which takes an image of a predetermined range in front of a vehicle;
- a target detector which detects in the image targets existing in front of the vehicle notifying to stop the vehicle;
- and
- a processor which assists driving of the vehicle to stop the vehicle at a safe position, wherein
- the processor stops the vehicle in a case that the number of the targets detected by the target detector is plural.
A driving assisting method comprising steps of:
- opto-electrically taking an image of a predetermined range in front of a vehicle;
- electrically distinguishing in the image targets notifying to stop the vehicle;
- and
- automatically assisting driving of the vehicle to stop at a safe position in a case that a plurality of the targets is distinguished in the distinguishing step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.