Patent ID: 7440830
Filing Date: 2008-10-21
Classification: B60K,B60T,B60W,B62D,G07C

Abstract:
1. A driving support system comprising: information amount determining means for determining an amount of visual information of objects, which need to be recognized by a driver for safe driving of a vehicle; information acquisition capacity setting means for estimating a level of the driver in acquiring visual information and setting the estimated level as a visual information acquisition capacity of the driver; driving support means for providing support to the driver in driving the vehicle; driving support level setting means for setting a level of driving support provided by the driving support means based on the visual information amount and the visual information acquisition capacity; object detecting means for detecting objects around the vehicle; and object selecting means for selecting objects necessary to be recognized by the driver for safe driving from the detected objects and determining a number of selected objects, wherein the information amount determining means determines the amount of visual information based on the number of the selected objects.