PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automobile driving support apparatus that enhances a driver's vehicle behavior acquisition by securing illumination intensity in a peripheral area with an LED headlight when a task other than driving is required, gives the driver leeway while causing the driver to keep constant stable driving, and speeds up his or her visual line movement to the task other than driving.SOLUTION: An automobile driving support apparatus includes: an LED headlight 30 formed so that an irradiation range is variable; headlight control means 20 for executing irradiation control between a mode to irradiate mainly a central region and a mode to irradiate the peripheral region in addition to the central region with the LED headlight 30 out of the central region on a road surface spreading ahead of a user's vehicle and the peripheral region including white lines and/or curbs located on both sides of the user's vehicle's driving lane; and means 19 for detecting a task other than driving that detects a request for the driver's task other than driving. During a period from the time the request for the task other than driving is detected by the means 19 for detecting a task other than driving to the completion of the task other than driving, the irradiation control is performed by the headlight control means 20 for the irradiation of the central region and the irradiation of the peripheral region.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
【課題】運転外タスク要求時に、LEDヘッドライトによる周辺領域の照度を確保して、ドライバの車両の挙動把握を高め、一定の安定走行を保ちつつ、ドライバに余裕を与えて、運転外タスクへの視線移動を早める自動車の運転支援装置を提供する。【解決手段】照射範囲が可変に形成されたLEDヘッドライト30と、自車両前方に広がる路面上の中央領域と、自車両走行レーンの両側に位置する白線または/および縁石を含む周辺領域とのうち、LEDヘッドライト30により中央領域を中心に照射する態様と、中央領域に加えて周辺領域を照射する態様と、を照射制御するヘッドライト制御手段20と、ドライバの運転外タスク要求を検出する運転外タスク検出手段19とを備え、運転外タスク検出手段19により運転外タスク要求が検出された時点から運転外タスク終了までの間、ヘッドライト制御手段20により中央領域と周辺領域とを照射制御するよう構成したことを特徴とする。【選択図】図1
AUTOMOBILE DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS
自動車の運転支援装置
2017-01-12
Patent
Electronic Resource
Japanese
IPC: | B60Q ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL , Anordnung von Signal- oder Beleuchtungsvorrichtungen, deren Einbau oder Halterung oder deren Schaltkreise bei Fahrzeugen allgemein |