Driving Assisting Device and Driving Assisting Method

A driving assisting device installed in a vehicle, comprising:

• a vicinity information acquiring unit that acquires vicinity information of objects in the vicinity of a vehicle by a camera and/or a sensor;
• an image generating unit that generates an overhead image that shows the vehicle and the vicinity thereof by using the vicinity information;
• a communicating unit that acquires target person information identifying at least a location of a target person outside of the vehicle through wireless communication;
• a vehicle location identifying unit that identifies a location and a direction of the vehicle by using a satellite location measuring system;
• a location identifying unit that identifies a stopping location suitable for the target person to board in the overhead image based on the target person information and the location and direction of the vehicle;
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• an output image generating unit that generates an output image in which a first marker that indicates the location of the target person and a second marker that indicates the stopping location are superimposed on the overhead image.