Patent ID: 8073574

Claim:
A driving assist method for assisting a driver in decelerating a vehicle by generating a display on a display means mounted in the vehicle, comprising: determining a current position of the vehicle; calculating a position at which a vehicle speed will become a predetermined speed based on deceleration of the vehicle; displaying the calculated position as an arrival indicator on a road map display of the display means, whereby the driver, viewing the display of the calculated position at which the vehicle speed will become the predetermined speed, is able to adjust his or her driving operation based on the display on the display means; detecting an object located in front of the vehicle, specifying the position of the detected object, and generating an object indicator indicating the specified position of the object; determining a distance from the determined current position to the position of the detected object as a first distance and the distance from the determined current position to the calculated position as a second distance; comparing the first distance with the second distance to determine which is greater; displaying the object indicator together with the arrival indicator, superimposed on the road map display; and displaying, on the road map display, a route section from the current vehicle position to the calculated position in a first color when the first distance is greater than the second distance and in a second color, different from the first color, when the second distance is greater than the first distance.