US 11,884,271 B2
Vehicle driving support device
Hikaru Yoshikawa, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/550,079.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-213448 (JP), filed on Dec. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0194370 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 30/12 (2020.01); B60W 40/04 (2006.01); B60W 50/08 (2020.01); B60W 50/12 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 30/12 (2013.01) [B60W 40/04 (2013.01); B60W 50/087 (2013.01); B60W 50/12 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2540/10 (2013.01); B60W 2540/18 (2013.01); B60W 2540/20 (2013.01); B60W 2554/4041 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4049 (2020.02)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle driving support device to be applied to a vehicle, the vehicle driving support device comprising:
a turn-signal switch that is to be switched on by a driver who drives the vehicle, in a case where a course of the vehicle is to be changed;
a rear side detector configured to detect an approaching vehicle traveling on a lane to which the course of the vehicle is to be changed;
turn-signal lamps to be disposed respectively on right and left sides of the vehicle in a width direction of the vehicle, one of the turn-signal lamps on a side of the lane being to be turned on in the case where the course of the vehicle is to be changed; and
a turn-signal display processor configured to perform display processing regarding the one of the turn-signal lamps in response to the turn-signal switch being switched on,
wherein the turn-signal display processor comprises
a closeness determiner configured to determine whether the approaching vehicle is close to the vehicle based on a relationship between the vehicle and the approaching vehicle, in a case where the rear side detector detects the approaching vehicle when the turn-signal switch is switched on,
a standby-state processor configured to, in a case where the closeness determiner determines that the approaching vehicle is close to the vehicle, cause the one of the turn-signal lamps to be a standby state in which turning the one of the turn-signal lamps on is prohibited, and inform the driver of the standby state, and
a standby-state end determination processor configured to end the standby state in a case where the approaching vehicle reaches a side-by-side position of the vehicle, and turn on the one of the turn-signal lamps.