Patent ID: 7542840
Filing Date: 2009-06-02
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A driving control apparatus comprising: driving road keeping means for providing a torque to a steering mechanism so as to keep a vehicle traveling at a predetermined position on a driving road; driving road departure warning means for providing a warning of a departure from the driving road on the basis of a position of the vehicle relative to the driving road; and setting means for setting a need or no need for execution of a control of the driving road keeping means or the driving road departure warning means, wherein in a case where the setting means sets a need for execution of the control, the control of the driving road keeping means is executed when ( wherein in a case where the setting means sets a need for execution of the control, the control of the driving road departure warning means is executed when an activation condition of the driving road warning means is met and when ( wherein the activation condition of the driving road keeping means is whether the vehicle speed is within an activation speed region of the driving road keeping means, such that the activation condition of the driving road keeping means is met when the vehicle speed is within the activation speed region of the driving road keeping means, and the activation condition of the driving road keeping means is not met when the vehicle speed is not within the activation speed region of the driving road keeping means, wherein the activation condition of the driving road departure warning means is whether the vehicle speed is within an activation speed region of the driving road departure warning means, such that the activation condition of the driving road departure warning means is met when the vehicle speed is within the activation speed region of the driving road departure warning means, and the activation condition of the driving road departure warning means is not met when the vehicle speed is not within the activation speed region of the driving road departure warning means, wherein the activation speed region of the driving road departure warning means is wider than the activation speed region of the driving road keeping means, and wherein in a case where (