Patent ID: 8185296
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: B60W,G08G

Abstract:
1. A driving assisting apparatus for predicting a state of a traffic light when a vehicle enters an intersection, the apparatus comprising: a vehicle speed change predictor to predict a vehicle speed change of the vehicle in front of the intersection; a first traffic light state predictor to predict the state of the traffic light when the vehicle enters the intersection according to the vehicle speed change predicted by the vehicle speed change predictor; a vehicle speed detector to detect a vehicle speed; a second traffic light state predictor to predict a state of the traffic light when the vehicle enters the intersection according to the vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed detector; and a driving assister to assist driving according to the state of the traffic light predicted by the traffic light state predictor and the state of the traffic light predicted by the second traffic light state predictor.