Patent ID: 7815313

Claim:
A drive sense adjusting apparatus for adjusting a drive sense of a driver, the drive sense adjusting apparatus being provided in a vehicle, comprising: a visual stimulus presentation unit provided in a vision of the driver; a driving environment detection unit for detecting a driving environment outside the vehicle; a vehicle status detection unit for detecting a state quantity of the vehicle; a driver status detection unit for detecting a drive state of the driver; and a control unit for presenting a visual stimulus to the visual stimulus presentation unit, and for controlling the visual stimulus, the control unit comprising: a visual stimulus producing unit configured to produce the visual stimulus; and a visual stimulus motion controller configured to control motion of the visual stimulus produced by the visual stimulus producing unit in response to at least one detection result of the driving environment detection unit, the vehicle status detection unit and the driver status detection unit, the controlled motion of the visual stimulus providing the driver with a perception of the visual stimulus approaching the driver or receding therefrom, and with a visually induced self motion perception.