Patent ID: 7174248
Filing Date: 2007-02-06
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
1. A safe driving assisting apparatus for assisting a vehicle driver in safely driving a vehicle, comprising: an attention status information generating means for generating attention status information elements each having an attention position and an attention condition; information providing means for providing said vehicle driver with said attention status information elements generated by said attention status information generating means; information obtaining means for obtaining current vehicle status information having a current position and a current condition; judging means for judging whether or not said vehicle driver's attention is to be attracted on the basis of said current vehicle status information obtained by said information obtaining means and each of said attention status information elements generated by said attention status information generating means; a request information transmitting unit and controlling means for controlling said information providing means to have said information providing means provide said vehicle driver with one of said attention status information elements generated by said attention status information generating means when said judging means judges that said vehicle driver's attention is to be attracted, wherein said request information transmitting unit request information from a safe driving assembly home server in response to a driver request signal.