US 12,077,166 B2
Driving support apparatus
Ryuichi Sumikawa, Tokyo (JP); Takeshi Torii, Tokyo (JP); Hideyuki Takao, Tokyo (JP); and Riku Kato, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/484,599.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-163280 (JP), filed on Sep. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0097715 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 40/09 (2012.01); B60W 30/02 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 40/09 (2013.01) [B60W 30/02 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
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1. A driving support apparatus comprising:
sensors configured to obtain data indicating behavior of a body of a vehicle while the vehicle is traveling, wherein the data include acceleration of the vehicle; and
a controller configured to:
convert the data from the sensors into an evaluation value;
generate sound data representing sounds that convey consecutive change in the evaluation value in response to a real-time change in the behavior of the body of the vehicle;
control a sound device, disposed inside the vehicle, based on the sound data to output the sounds to allow the driver to know the change in the behavior of the body of the vehicle in real time;
set a threshold that is variable based on a condition surrounding the vehicle and a driving skill of a driver of the vehicle; and
execute predetermined control of the sound device when a magnitude of the evaluation value is greater than or equal to the threshold.