Driving assistance apparatus and driving assistance method

Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to provide a driving assistance apparatus. The driving assistance apparatus according to the present invention includes: a subject vehicle information acquisition unit to acquire subject vehicle information; a non-subject vehicle information acquisition unit to acquire non-subject vehicle information; an object generation unit to generate, based on the subject vehicle information and the non-subject vehicle information, a travel location object indicating at least one of a location where the subject vehicle is currently to travel and a location where the subject vehicle is currently not to travel when the subject vehicle merges or changes lanes from a lane in which the subject vehicle travels to a lane in which the non-subject vehicle travels; and a display controller to perform control to display, in accordance with travel of the subject vehicle, the travel location object superimposed on scenery around the subject vehicle.

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