Patent ID: 9493163
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: B60W

Claim Text:
1. A driving support apparatus for a vehicle that determines whether or not the vehicle can pass a preceding vehicle traveling in front of the vehicle and executes passing control relating to the preceding vehicle when the passing is possible, the driving support apparatus comprising: an oncoming lane status detection module that detects a status of at least one vehicle traveling in an oncoming lane when the vehicle moves to the oncoming lane and the passing control relating to the preceding vehicle is started; and a passing control interruption determination module that interrupts the passing control relating to the preceding vehicle when an oncoming vehicle is detected by the oncoming lane status detection module and determines whether to continue the passing control relating to the preceding vehicle or to maintain the interruption according to the status of the at least one vehicle traveling in the oncoming lane, wherein upon detecting an oncoming vehicle traveling in the oncoming lane, the oncoming lane status detection module calculates a lateral position of the oncoming vehicle, and the passing control interruption determination module determines a departure of the oncoming vehicle from the oncoming lane by comparing a departure determination value that is based on the lateral position of the oncoming vehicle with a threshold, cancels the interruption of the passing control when the departure of the oncoming vehicle is determined and a vehicle following the oncoming vehicle is not detected, while maintaining the interruption of the passing control when the departure of the oncoming vehicle is determined, but a vehicle following the oncoming vehicle is detected.