Patent ID: 6046671
Filing Date: 2000-04-04
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
An apparatus mounted on a vehicle for assisting a vehicle driver in carefully driving, comprising:data obtaining means for obtaining vehicle movement data indicative of a movement of said vehicle;estimating means for estimating a current location of said vehicle on the basis of the vehicle movement data obtained by said data obtaining means;information providing means for providing said vehicle driver with guide information as to the current location of said vehicle estimated by said estimating means;judging means for judging whether action of said vehicle is unstable or not, on the basis of the vehicle movement data obtained by said obtaining means; andinformation producing means for producing expressway exit information as to an expressway exit of said expressway closest of the current location of said vehicle when said vehicle is traveling on said expressway and when said judging means judges that the action of said vehicle is unstable;said information providing means being operated to provide said vehicle driver with said expressway exit information produced by said information producing means, andsaid expressway exit information including a travel route between the current location of said vehicle and the expressway exit of said expressway closest to the current location of said vehicle.