Patent ID: 7457694

Claim:
A driving assist system for a vehicle, comprising: a traveling condition recognition device configured to detect a state of the vehicle and a traveling environment of the vehicle; a risk potential calculation device configured to calculate a risk potential present around the vehicle based upon detection results obtained by the traveling condition recognition device; a reaction force adjustment device configured to adjust reaction force characteristics of a vehicle operating device to convey information related to the calculated risk potential to a driver of the vehicle, based upon the risk potential calculated by the risk potential calculation device, wherein the vehicle operating device is a steering device or an accelerator pedal an external influence detection device configured to detect an external influence which will affect an operation of the steering device or the accelerator pedal by the driver; and a reaction force correction device configured to correct the reaction force characteristics of the steering device or the accelerator pedal adjusted by the reaction force adjustment device, based upon detection results obtained by the external influence detection device, wherein: the reaction force adjustment device adjusts at least one of reaction force characteristics of the accelerator pedal and reaction force characteristics of the steering device as the reaction force characteristics of the steering device or the accelerator pedal.