Driving assistance apparatus for vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKAZUKI HIRAMOTO
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Abstract
A driving assistance ECU (10) of a driving assistance apparatus performs a first assistance control which is a standard driving assistance control based on electronic data stored in a memory before factory shipment of a host vehicle, when the host vehicle is located in a normal region other than a specific region. The driving assistance ECU performs, in place of the first assistance control, a second assistance control which is a driving assistance control for the specific region using electronic data that is received from a server (100a) external to the host vehicle, when the host vehicle is located in the specific region.
Claims9
A driving assistance control apparatus comprising a controller configured to:
- when a host vehicle is located in a normal region other than a specific region, perform a first assistance control which is a standard driving assistance control based on electronic data stored in a memory before factory shipment of said host vehicle;
- and
- when said host vehicle is located in said specific region, perform, in place of said first assistance control, a second assistance control which is a driving assistance control for said specific region using electronic data that is received from a server external to said host vehicle.
A driving assistance control method comprising:
- a step of performing a first assistance control which is a standard driving assistance control based on electronic data stored in a memory before factory shipment of a host vehicle, when a host vehicle is located in a normal region other than a specific region;
- and
- a step of performing, in place of said first assistance control, a second assistance control which is a driving assistance control for said specific region using electronic data that is received from a server external to said host vehicle, when said host vehicle is located in said specific region.
A non-transitory storage medium storing a program for a driving assistance control, said program causing a computer to implement:
- a step of performing a first assistance control which is a standard driving assistance control based on electronic data stored in a memory before factory shipment of a host vehicle, when a host vehicle is located in a normal region other than a specific region;
- and
- a step of performing, in place of said first assistance control, a second assistance control which is a driving assistance control for said specific region using electronic data that is received from a server external to said host vehicle, when said host vehicle is located in said specific region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.