Patent ID: 7127339
Filing Date: 2006-10-24
Classification: B60R,B60T,B62D

Abstract:
1. A driving assist apparatus for a vehicle comprising: a detecting portion that detects a deflection angle that is an angle formed between a direction of the vehicle at a present position and a direction of the vehicle at a target position; a setting portion that sets a basic path that extends until the deflection angle is changed to a state of 0 by steering the vehicle at a predetermined steering rate; a computing portion that computes a target path that extends from the present position to the target position based on the basic path; a driving assist portion that performs a driving assist by using the target path; and a transforming portion that re-calculates a basic path during the driving assist, and that determines whether it is possible to set a path that reaches the target position through similarity transformation of the basic path based on a relationship between the present position of the vehicle and the target position of the vehicle, and that, if it is possible to set a path, re-sets a path that reaches the target position through similarity transformation.