Driver assistance system and driver assistance method

A driver assistance system comprising:

• a plurality of vehicle motion controls, each being constructed to work for controlling a vehicle upon detecting risk during driving the vehicle;
• a display device constructed to present information, in visual form, of at least one of the risk and operating states of the plurality of vehicle motion controls when at least one of the plurality of vehicle motion controls works;
• a calculating unit constructed to calculate the driver's initiative in driving the vehicle based on a ratio of that motion of the vehicle which depends on driver's operation to the vehicle behavior;
• and
• an altering unit constructed to alter the visual form, in which the information is presented, depending on the driver's initiative calculated by the calculating unit.

A driver assistance method comprising:

• controlling a vehicle upon detecting risk during driving the vehicle;
• presenting information, in visual form, of at least one of the risk during driving the vehicle and the status of the vehicle being controlled;
• calculating the driver's initiative in driving the vehicle based on a ratio of that motion of the vehicle which depends on driver's operation to the vehicle behavior;
• and
• altering the visual form, in which the information is presented, depending on the calculated driver's initiative.