Patent ID: 11862018
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC G

Claim 6:
7. A driving assistance apparatus comprising:
a display part displaying information;
a distance measurement part measuring an inter-vehicle distance from a subject vehicle to a preceding vehicle traveling ahead of the subject vehicle; and
an electronic control unit including a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor, wherein
the microprocessor is configured to function as:
an information acquisition unit that acquires traffic light information including switching information on a traffic light and position information on a position of the subject vehicle with respect to the traffic light, the traffic light informing a driver of stopping or non-stopping at a predetermined position;
a derivation unit that derives a recommended driving for the driver, based on the traffic light information and the position information acquired by the information acquisition unit; and
a display control unit that controls the display part so as to notify the driver of information on the recommended driving derived by the derivation unit, and

the display control unit controls the display part so as to display a first image corresponding to the information on the recommended driving when the inter-vehicle distance measured by the distance measurement part is larger than a predetermined value and to display a second image as warning information together with the first image when the inter-vehicle distance is equal to or smaller than the predetermined value.