Patent ID: 9643649
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: B60W,B62D

Claim:
1. A driving support apparatus comprising: at least one detector configured to detect a travel possible region of a vehicle; and a processor configured to: determine a road center of a curve, which is located forward of a traveling direction by a predetermined distance which is set according to a vehicle speed of the vehicle from a driver's own vehicle position of the vehicle, as a reference point, at the time the curve exists forward of the traveling direction of the vehicle, determine a position offset from the reference point to an inside of the curve by a lateral displacement which is set according to a radius of curvature of the curve at the reference point, as a target point, create the target locus so as to pass through the driver's own vehicle position and the target point, control the vehicle to pass through the target locus, and create a new target locus according to a predetermined locus update ratio, wherein the predetermined locus update ratio is the degree the vehicle has traveled along the target locus form a location where the target locus has been created.