Driving support apparatus
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTatsuya SUGANO
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Abstract
A driving support apparatus (12) is configured to support a vehicle (1) to travel at a parking lot, a parking spot (PS) at which the vehicle should be parked is defined by a parking section line (PL) at the parking lot, the driving support apparatus is configured to: detect a specific edge part (PLE) of the parking section line that is an edge part nearest to a traveling space at which the vehicle travels at the parking lot; set a virtual road section line (VDL) if a plurality of specific edge parts are detected at a specific area (LSA, RSA) located on a predetermined side viewed from the vehicle, the virtual road section line is an approximate line connecting the plurality of detected specific edge parts at the specific area; and support the vehicle to travel on the basis of the set road section line.
Claims3
A driving support apparatus that is configured to support a vehicle to travel at a parking lot, a parking spot at which the vehicle should be parked being defined by a parking section line at the parking lot,
- the driving support apparatus comprising a controller,
- the controller being programmed to:
- detect a specific edge part of the parking section line on the basis of a surrounding image of the vehicle, the specific edge part being an edge part that is nearest to a traveling space among the edge parts of the parking section line, the traveling space being a space at which the vehicle travels at the parking lot;
- set a virtual road section line if a plurality of specific edge parts are detected at a specific area that is located on a predetermined side viewed from the vehicle, the virtual road section line being an approximate line that connects the plurality of detected specific edge parts at the specific area;
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- support the vehicle to travel on the basis of the set road section line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.