DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD
Provided is a driving assistance device for providing driving assistance to a driver of a vehicle having a display medium, said driving assistance device including: an inference unit that infers a caution-requiring event in accordance with the range of a visual disorder of the driver; and an assistance processing unit that performs driving assistance processing for displaying, on the display medium, information pertaining to the caution-requiring event in accordance with the inference result from the inference unit.
1 . A driving assistance apparatus providing driving assistance for a driver of a vehicle with a display medium, the driving assistance apparatus comprising:
an estimator that estimates a caution matter in accordance with a range of visual field abnormality of the driver; and
an assistance processor that performs driving assistance processing of displaying information of the caution matter on the display medium in accordance with an estimation result from the estimator.
2 . The driving assistance apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein,
the display medium is a glass portion visible to the driver during driving of the vehicle, and
the assistance processor displays information of the caution matter in a non-visual field abnormality area other than a visual field abnormality area of the driver on the display medium.
3 . The driving assistance apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the glass portion is a windshield of the vehicle.
4 . The driving assistance apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the assistance processor changes a timing of displaying the information of the caution matter in accordance with a display position of the information of the caution matter on the display medium.
5 . The driving assistance apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the assistance processor displays the information of the caution matter at an earlier timing as a distance between the display position and a center position of a visual field range of the driver during driving increases.
6 . The driving assistance apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the assistance processor changes a timing of displaying the information of the caution matter in accordance with a distance between an object related to the caution matter and the vehicle.
7 . The driving assistance apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the assistance processor changes a method of displaying the information of the caution matter in accordance with a degree of urgency of the caution matter.
8 . The driving assistance apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, when a plurality of the caution matters are present, the assistance processor changes a method of displaying the information of the plurality of caution matters in accordance with a priority level of each of the plurality of caution matters.
9 . The driving assistance apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the assistance processor changes a method of displaying the information of the caution matter in accordance with a type of the caution matter.
10 . The driving assistance apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the assistance processor changes a method of displaying the information of the caution matter in accordance with information of the driver.
11 . A driving assistance method providing driving assistance for a driver of a vehicle with a display medium, the driving assistance method comprising:
estimating a caution matter in accordance with a range of visual field abnormality of the driver; and
performing driving assistance processing of displaying information of the caution matter on the display medium in accordance with an estimation result of the caution matter.