Patent ID: 8004562

Claim:
A driving support apparatus for supporting a driving by using an image with respect to a driver, comprising: an imaging member taking an image corresponding to a predetermined vehicle peripheral area; a steering angle detecting member detecting a steering-wheel steering angle of a vehicle; a display member being disposed in a vehicle interior to display the image; and a control member predicting a driving course of the vehicle according to the steering-wheel angle detected by the steering-angle detecting member, the control member synthesizing a predicted driving course image relating to the predicted driving course, the control member superposing the predicted driving course image at a corresponding position of the image taken by the imaging member, wherein the control member displays on the display member the image where at least one image, on which an index is marked at least at one height position, is superposed at least on the predicted driving course image and onto a side of the predicted driving course image while the control member displays the superposed image on the display member.