Patent ID: 7233851
Filing Date: 2007-06-19
Classification: B60T,B62D

Abstract:
1. A driving assist apparatus for a vehicle comprising: a setting portion that sets a basic path that changes a direction of the vehicle so as to coincide with a direction of the vehicle at a target position as changes in a turning curvature of the vehicle with respect to a running distance of the vehicle, based on a deflection angle that is an angle formed between the direction of the vehicle at the initial position and the direction of the vehicle at the target position, and an initial actual steering angle that is an actual steering angle of the vehicle at the initial position; a transforming portion that computes a path obtained by similarity-transforming the basic path based on a relationship between the initial position and the target position; and a correcting portion that corrects the similarity-transformed path into a target path along which the vehicle reaches the target position based on a difference between the initial actual steering angle and a steering angle occurring at an initial position on the similarity-transformed path.