JP2010198087A - Driving support device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform proper driving support corresponding to the kind of an attention object. <P>SOLUTION: In a center 20, a view line direction frequency distribution is created in each travel section, a view line moving velocity distribution of each prescribed angle width is created in each travel section, and tabulation is performed from a plurality of vehicles 10 to create an optimum view line direction frequency distribution and an optimum moving velocity distribution. A view line direction having possibility that the attention object appears is specified from the optimum view line direction frequency distribution, and the kind of the attention object is estimated from a view line moving velocity in the optimum view line moving velocity distribution of the angle width of the specified view line direction. This driving support device 30 for the vehicle 10 compares the created view line direction frequency distribution and the optimum view line direction frequency distribution acquired from the center 20, specifies an attention arousing direction, specifies the attention object in the attention arousing direction, and performs the driving support based on the specified attention arousing direction and attention object. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a driving support device that alerts a driver.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a driving support device that alerts a driver, for example, there is one described in Patent Document 1. The driving support device described in Patent Document 1 creates a database by collecting the driver's line-of-sight information and the driver's visual recognition behavior corresponding to the line-of-sight information at a specific point such as an intersection. Based on this, a visual action to be confirmed by the driver is notified.

JP 2008-158791 A

  However, although the driving support device described in Patent Document 1 can cause the driver to perform a visual action to be confirmed at a specific point such as an intersection, the driver is careful about any type of object (obstacle). There was a problem that it was not possible to judge whether it should be done.

  Then, an object of this invention is to provide the driving assistance apparatus which can perform suitable driving assistance according to the classification of the attention object.

  A driving support device according to the present invention is a driving support device that performs driving support for a driver based on a comparison between reference data of line-of-sight information and detection data of driver's line-of-sight information. The eye movement speed indicating the movement speed is included, and the attention object estimation means for estimating the type of the attention object based on the eye movement speed of the reference data, and the attention object estimated by the attention object estimation means And driving support means for performing driving support according to the type.

  According to the driving support device according to the present invention, since the type of the attention object to be visually recognized can be estimated from the line-of-sight movement speed of the reference data, driving support corresponding to the estimated type of the attention object is performed. Thus, more appropriate driving assistance can be provided. For example, by notifying the driver of the type of the cautionary object, the driver can be made aware of the type of the cautionary object to be noted and take a more appropriate risk avoidance action.

  The line-of-sight information includes a line-of-sight frequency indicating the frequency of the direction of the line of sight, and the line-of-sight direction in which the difference between the line-of-sight frequency of the reference data and the line-of-sight frequency of the detection data exceeds a predetermined threshold value. It is preferable to further include a warning direction specifying means for specifying as a warning direction, and the driving support means performs driving support according to the warning direction and the type of the target object.

  According to this driving support device, the driver does not turn his gaze to identify the gaze direction in which the difference between the gaze direction of the reference data and the gaze direction of the detection data exceeds a predetermined threshold. The line-of-sight direction in which an object may appear can be specified. And more appropriate driving assistance can be performed by performing driving assistance according to this alerting direction and the type of attention object.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, driving assistance can be performed appropriately according to the type of attention object.

It is the figure which showed schematic structure of the driving assistance system which concerns on this embodiment. It is the figure which showed the block capability structure of the driving assistance device. It is the figure which showed an example of the gaze direction frequency distribution. It is the figure which showed an example of the gaze movement speed distribution. It is a sequence chart which shows the processing operation of a driving assistance system. It is a flowchart which shows the information collection process in a vehicle. It is a flowchart which shows the information creation process of a center. It is a flowchart which shows the driving assistance process in a vehicle. It is a figure which shows the surrounding condition of a vehicle. It is a figure which shows the gaze direction frequency distribution in the case of FIG. It is the figure which showed the optimal gaze movement speed distribution of the predetermined | prescribed angular width in the optimal gaze direction frequency distribution shown in FIG. It is the figure which compared the gaze direction frequency distribution with the optimal gaze direction frequency distribution.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a driving assistance apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, the driving support device according to the present invention is applied to a driving support system in which a vehicle and a center are connected to be communicable by road-to-vehicle communication. In the drawings, the same or corresponding parts are denoted by the same reference numerals.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a driving support system according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the driving support system 1 according to this embodiment includes a vehicle 10 on which a driving support device 30 is mounted, and a center 20 that transmits and receives information through road-to-vehicle communication with the vehicle 10. The In addition, communication with each vehicle 10 and the center 20 is performed via the optical beacon apparatus (not shown) installed in the road where the vehicle 10 drive | works, for example.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a block function configuration of the driving support device. As shown in FIG. 2, the driving support device 30 mounted on the vehicle 10 provides driving support to the driver by communicating with the center 20. For this reason, the driving support device 30 includes a navigation system 31, a millimeter wave radar 32, a vehicle information storage unit 33, a line-of-sight detection device 34, a road-to-vehicle communication device 35, a driving support execution device 36, an ECU 37, It has.

  The navigation system 31 notifies the driver of route information to the destination, road information, and the like, and includes map information such as roads and sidewalks and GPS (Global Positioning System). And the navigation system 31 detects the present position of the vehicle 10 in map information by measuring the present position of the vehicle 10 by GPS.

  The millimeter wave radar 32 is a radar that is attached to the forehead of the vehicle 10 and detects the presence or absence of a preceding vehicle using millimeter waves. The millimeter wave radar 32 includes a transmitter that emits millimeter waves forward in the traveling direction of the vehicle 10 and a receiver that receives reflected waves reflected by the preceding vehicle. Then, the millimeter wave radar 32 detects the presence or absence of a preceding vehicle by analyzing the relationship between the emission of the millimeter wave and the reception of the reflected wave.

  The vehicle information storage unit 33 stores vehicle information of the host vehicle 10. That is, the vehicle information storage unit 33 stores information such as vehicle height, seat height, vehicle 10 dimensions (size), vehicle type (vehicle shape), and the like as vehicle information of the host vehicle 10.

  The line-of-sight detection device 34 detects the driver's line-of-sight direction. That is, the line-of-sight detection device 34 captures the driver's face with an imaging means such as a CCD camera, detects the driver's face orientation from this captured image, and detects the driver's eye movement. The gaze detection device 34 detects the driver's gaze direction from the relationship between the driver's face direction and eye movement. It should be noted that the movement speed of the line of sight can be detected by analyzing the detected line-of-sight direction in time series.

  The road-to-vehicle communication device 35 enables communication with an optical beacon device or the like installed on the road. For this reason, the driving support device 30 can transmit and receive information with the center 20 via the road-to-vehicle communication device 35 and the optical beacon device.

  The driving support execution device 36 performs driving support for preventing the driver from colliding with a target object such as a pedestrian, a bicycle, or an automobile. Therefore, the driving support execution device 36 includes, for example, a speaker that outputs an announcement for calling attention, a display that displays an image of the announcement, a PCS (Pre Crush-Safety System), and the like. Note that the PCS avoids a collision with a target object by controlling a gear shift position, brake assist, cruise control, and the like.

  The ECU 37 is electrically connected to the navigation system 31, the millimeter wave radar 32, the vehicle information storage unit 33, the line-of-sight detection device 34, the road-to-vehicle communication device 35, and the driving support execution device 36. The ECU 37 functions as a line-of-sight information collection unit 38 that performs line-of-sight information collection processing and a drive support unit 39 that performs driving support processing in order to provide driving assistance to the driver.

  The line-of-sight information collection unit 38 includes the current position of the vehicle 10 detected by the navigation system 31, the presence or absence of a preceding vehicle detected by the millimeter wave radar 32, the vehicle type of the vehicle information stored in the vehicle information storage unit 33, Based on the line-of-sight direction detected by the line-of-sight detection device 34, the line-of-sight direction frequency distribution indicating the frequency of the direction in which the driver turned the line of sight and the speed at which the driver moved the line of sight are shown for each predetermined travel section. Create a line-of-sight movement speed distribution.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the gaze direction frequency distribution. As shown in FIG. 3, the gaze direction frequency distribution shows the gaze direction on the horizontal axis and the gaze frequency that is the frequency at which the gaze is directed on the vertical axis. In the line-of-sight direction frequency distribution, the travel section in which the line-of-sight directions are totaled, the presence / absence of a preceding vehicle, and the vehicle type are associated with each other.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a line-of-sight movement speed distribution. As shown in FIG. 4, the line-of-sight movement speed distribution is created for each predetermined angular width in the line-of-sight direction, and the horizontal axis indicates the line-of-sight movement speed that is the line-of-sight movement speed, and the vertical axis indicates the line-of-sight The line-of-sight movement speed frequency, which is the degree of expression of the movement speed, is shown.

  Then, the line-of-sight information collection unit 38 transmits the created line-of-sight direction frequency distribution and line-of-sight movement speed distribution to the center 20.

  The driving support unit 39 acquires from the center 20 an optimal gaze direction frequency distribution obtained by averaging gaze direction frequency distributions collected from a plurality of vehicles 10 and a caution target that is a target for alerting. Note that the optimal gaze direction frequency distribution and the attention object acquired by the driving support unit 39 correspond to the travel section in which the vehicle 10 is traveling. Then, the driving support unit 39 creates a line-of-sight direction frequency distribution of the currently traveling section, and based on the comparison result of the created line-of-sight direction frequency distribution and the optimum line-of-sight direction frequency distribution acquired from the center 20, The driving support execution device 36 is caused to execute driving support corresponding to the attention object acquired from the center 20.

  The center 20 collects the line-of-sight direction frequency distribution and the line-of-sight movement speed distribution transmitted from the vehicle 10 traveling in a predetermined travel section, and creates the optimal line-of-sight direction frequency distribution and attention object for each predetermined travel section. It is. That is, the center 20 averages the gaze direction frequency distribution and the gaze movement speed distribution collected from the plurality of vehicles 10 to create the optimal gaze movement speed distribution and the optimum gaze movement speed distribution. Based on the travel speed distribution, the type of the alert target for each travel section is estimated. Then, the center 20 transmits the created optimum line-of-sight movement speed distribution and the estimated type of the alert object to the vehicle 10 traveling in the travel section.

  Next, the processing operation of the driving support system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a sequence chart showing the processing operation of the driving support system, FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the information collecting process in the vehicle, FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the center information creating process, and FIG. 8 is the driving support process in the vehicle. It is a flowchart which shows. Note that the processing of the vehicle 10 described below is actually performed by the driving support device 30.

  As shown in FIG. 5, in the driving support system 1, first, information collection processing is performed in the vehicle 10 traveling in a predetermined travel section, and a line-of-sight direction frequency distribution and a line-of-sight movement speed distribution are created (step S <b> 1). . Then, the gaze direction frequency distribution and the gaze movement speed distribution are transmitted from the vehicle 10 to the center 20.

  When the line-of-sight direction frequency distribution and the line-of-sight movement speed distribution are transmitted to the center 20, the center 20 performs optimal line-of-sight direction frequency distribution creation and attention object estimation processing to create the optimum line-of-sight direction frequency distribution and attention object. (Step S2). Then, the optimal line-of-sight direction frequency distribution and the attention object are transmitted from the center 20 to the vehicle 10 traveling in a predetermined travel section.

  When the optimal line-of-sight direction frequency distribution and the attention object are transmitted to the vehicle 10 traveling in the predetermined travel section, the driving support process is performed in the vehicle 10 (step S3).

  Next, the information collection processing in step S1 will be described with reference to FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the line-of-sight information collection unit 38 of the driving support device 30 first acquires the current position of the vehicle 10 detected by the navigation system 31 and acquires the presence / absence of a preceding vehicle detected by the millimeter wave radar 32. The vehicle type stored in the vehicle information storage unit 33 is acquired (step S11).

  Next, the line-of-sight information collection unit 38 acquires the driver's line-of-sight direction detected by the line-of-sight detection device 34 (step S12).

  Next, the line-of-sight information collection unit 38 creates a line-of-sight direction frequency distribution for each predetermined travel section (step S13). That is, the line-of-sight information collection unit 38 determines the travel section in which the vehicle 10 is traveling based on the current position acquired in step S11. The line-of-sight information collection unit 38 aggregates the line-of-sight directions acquired in step S12 while the vehicle 10 is traveling in the current travel section, and creates a line-of-sight direction frequency distribution (see FIG. 3). At this time, the line-of-sight information collection unit 38 associates the traveling section of the line-of-sight direction frequency distribution, the presence / absence of a preceding vehicle, and the vehicle type with the line-of-sight direction frequency distribution.

  Next, the line-of-sight information collection unit 38 creates a line-of-sight movement speed distribution for each predetermined angle width for each predetermined travel section (step S14). That is, the line-of-sight information collection unit 38 determines the travel section in which the vehicle 10 is traveling based on the current position acquired in step S11, as in step S13. Then, the line-of-sight information collection unit 38 divides the line-of-sight direction acquired in step S12 for each predetermined angle width while the vehicle 10 is traveling in the current travel section, and totals the divided line-of-sight directions to obtain a predetermined value. A line-of-sight movement speed distribution for each angular width is created (see FIG. 4).

  When the line-of-sight direction frequency distribution and the line-of-sight movement speed distribution are created in this way, the line-of-sight information collection unit 38 sends the line-of-sight direction frequency distribution and line-of-sight movement speed distribution created from the road-vehicle communication device 35 to the center 20. Send.

  Next, the optimal gaze direction frequency distribution creation and attention object estimation processing in step S2 will be described with reference to FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the center 20 first collects the line-of-sight direction frequency distribution and the line-of-sight movement speed distribution transmitted from the vehicle 10 traveling in a predetermined travel section (step S21).

  Next, the center 20 creates an optimal gaze direction frequency distribution for each predetermined travel section (step S22). The optimal gaze direction frequency distribution is obtained by averaging the gaze direction frequency distribution collected from each vehicle 10. At this time, the center 20 refers to the travel section, the presence / absence of a preceding vehicle, and the vehicle type associated with the gaze direction frequency distribution acquired in step S21, and the same travel section, the presence / absence of the same preceding vehicle, the same vehicle type Gaze direction frequency distribution is collected and averaged. Thereby, the center 20 creates the optimal gaze direction frequency distribution classified according to the presence or absence of the preceding person and the vehicle type for each traveling section.

  Note that the calculation target of the optimal gaze direction frequency distribution may be the gaze direction frequency distribution transmitted from all the vehicles 10, but in order to improve the reliability of the optimal gaze direction frequency distribution, the traveling section is frequently used. It is preferable to limit to the line-of-sight direction frequency distribution transmitted from the vehicle 10 traveling on the road or the line-of-sight direction frequency distribution transmitted from the vehicle 10 driven by a predetermined excellent driver.

  Here, with reference to FIG.9 and FIG.10, the relationship between the surrounding environment of the vehicle 10 and optimal gaze direction frequency distribution is demonstrated concretely. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the surrounding situation of the vehicle, and FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the optimal gaze direction frequency distribution in the case of FIG. As shown in FIG. 9, the road on which the vehicle 10 is traveling is a two-lane road in which the left and right sides are separated by a tree-lined central divider and both sides are surrounded by fences, and a narrow street is ahead in the traveling direction. Intersecting intersections are provided. At this intersection, a lot of bicycles jump out of the left alley, and many pedestrians cross over from the right alley. However, the alley on the left is hidden by the fence, making it difficult to see the attention object jumping out, and the alley on the right is also hidden by the street tree, making it difficult to see the attention object jumping out. Therefore, since the driver who frequently travels on this road knows the poor visibility of the intersection, he / she passes through the intersection after viewing the left and right alleys before the intersection. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 10, the optimal gaze direction frequency distribution is expressed in such a manner that a gaze direction A corresponding to the direction of the left alley and a gaze direction B corresponding to the direction of the right alley protrude in a mountain shape. Is issued. And since this gaze direction A and the gaze direction B are the directions where many drivers turned their gaze, it is considered that there is a high possibility that the attention object appears.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 7, the center 20 creates an optimum line-of-sight movement speed distribution for each predetermined angular width for each predetermined travel section (step S22). The optimum line-of-sight movement speed distribution is obtained by averaging the line-of-sight movement speed distribution collected from each vehicle 10.

  Note that the calculation target of the optimum line-of-sight movement speed distribution may be the line-of-sight movement speed distribution transmitted from all the vehicles 10, but in order to improve the reliability of the optimum line-of-sight movement speed distribution, the traveling section is frequently used. It is preferable to limit to the line-of-sight movement speed distribution transmitted from the vehicle 10 traveling on the road or the line-of-sight movement speed distribution transmitted from the vehicle 10 driven by a predetermined excellent driver.

  Here, with reference to FIG. 11, the relationship between the optimal line-of-sight movement speed distribution and the attention object will be described in detail. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an optimum line-of-sight movement speed distribution having a predetermined angular width in the optimum line-of-sight direction frequency distribution shown in FIG. Usually, since the driver visually recognizes the attention object by following the eyes, it can be estimated that the speed at which the driver's line of sight moves corresponds to the movement speed of the attention object. For this reason, if the attention object is a pedestrian, the line-of-sight movement speed is low. If the object of attention is a bicycle, the line-of-sight movement speed is medium. If the object of attention is a car, the line-of-sight movement speed is low. Becomes high speed. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 11, when the line-of-sight movement speed belongs to the low speed range a, it is considered that the target object is a pedestrian, and the line-of-sight movement speed belongs to the medium speed range b. In this case, the attention object is considered to be a bicycle, and when the line-of-sight movement speed belongs to the high speed range c, the attention object is considered to be a car. Note that when the line-of-sight movement speed is lower than the speed range a, the driver does not visually recognize a specific attention object. On the other hand, when the line-of-sight movement speed is higher than the speed range c, the driver visually recognizes. It is considered that a particular attention object is not being followed just by changing the attention object.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 7, the center 20 is a vehicle that travels in the travel section based on the optimal line-of-sight direction frequency distribution created in step S22 and the optimal line-of-sight movement speed distribution created in step S23. 10 is estimated (step S24). That is, the center 20 extracts the line-of-sight direction in which the line-of-sight frequency protrudes in a mountain shape as the line-of-sight direction to be alerted from the optimum line-of-sight direction frequency distribution created in step S22. Then, an optimum line-of-sight movement speed distribution having an angular width corresponding to the extracted line-of-sight direction is identified, and a line-of-sight movement speed with a line-of-sight movement speed frequency protruding in a mountain shape is extracted from the identified optimum line-of-sight movement speed distribution. Then, the type of the attention object is estimated based on the extracted line-of-sight movement speed.

  Here, with reference to FIG. 10 and FIG. 11, estimation of the attention object will be specifically described. First, the center 20 refers to the optimal gaze direction frequency distribution shown in FIG. 10 to identify the gaze direction A and the gaze direction B in which the gaze frequency protrudes in a mountain shape. Next, the center 20 specifies the optimum line-of-sight movement speed distribution having an angular width corresponding to the line-of-sight direction A and the line-of-sight direction B. Here, it is assumed that the optimum line-of-sight movement velocity distribution shown in FIG. 11 is the identification of the optimum line-of-sight movement velocity distribution having an angular width corresponding to the line-of-sight direction A or the line-of-sight direction B. Next, the center 20 refers to the identified optimal gaze direction frequency distribution shown in FIG. 11 and identifies the gaze movement speed at which the gaze movement speed frequency protrudes in a mountain shape. Then, it is determined whether the identified line-of-sight movement speed belongs to the low speed range a, the medium speed range b, or the high speed range c. If the specified line-of-sight movement speed belongs to the low speed range a, it is estimated that the object of attention is a pedestrian, and if the specified line-of-sight movement speed belongs to the medium speed range b, If it is estimated that the object is a bicycle and the specified line-of-sight movement speed belongs to the high speed range c, it is estimated that the attention object is a car. In step S24, the types of all attention objects are estimated. For this reason, if there are a plurality of line-of-sight directions in which the line-of-sight frequency of the optimal line-of-sight direction frequency distribution protrudes in a mountain shape, the optimal movement speed distribution is specified for all the line-of-sight directions. If there are a plurality of line-of-sight movement speeds in which the line-of-sight movement speed frequency protrudes in a mountain shape, the type of attention object is estimated for all the line-of-sight movement speeds.

  Then, when the optimal gaze direction frequency distribution is created and the attention object is estimated in this way, the center 20 estimates the attention object estimated as the created optimum gaze direction frequency distribution as shown in FIG. Is transmitted to the vehicle 10 traveling in the travel section (step S25).

  Next, with reference to FIG. 8, the driving assistance process of step S3 is demonstrated.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the driving support unit 39 of the driving support device 30 first acquires the current position of the vehicle 10 detected by the navigation system 31, acquires the presence or absence of a preceding vehicle detected by the millimeter wave radar 32, The vehicle type stored in the vehicle information storage unit 33 is acquired (step S31).

  Next, the driving assistance part 39 acquires the driver | operator's gaze direction which the gaze detection apparatus 34 detected (step S32).

  Next, the driving support unit 39 creates a gaze direction frequency distribution for each predetermined travel section (step S33). That is, the driving support unit 39 determines the traveling section in which the vehicle 10 is traveling based on the current position acquired in step S11, similarly to step S13 performed by the line-of-sight information collection unit 38, and the vehicle 10 While traveling in the travel section, the line-of-sight directions acquired in step S12 are totaled to create a line-of-sight direction frequency distribution.

  Next, the driving assistance part 39 acquires the optimal gaze direction frequency distribution and attention object transmitted from the center 20 (step S34).

  Next, the driving support unit 39 compares the line-of-sight direction frequency distribution created in step S33 with the optimum line-of-sight direction frequency distribution acquired in step S34, and identifies the direction of attention that may cause the attention object to appear. (Step S35). That is, the driving support unit 39 determines that the relationship between the line-of-sight frequency in the line-of-sight direction frequency distribution and the line-of-sight frequency in the optimal line-of-sight direction frequency distribution is “the line-of-sight frequency in the line-of-sight frequency distribution−the line-of-sight frequency in the optimal line-of-sight frequency distribution> a predetermined threshold value. If “” is satisfied, this line-of-sight direction is specified as the alerting method. In other words, if there is a gaze direction in which the gaze frequency in the gaze direction frequency distribution is lower than the gaze frequency in the optimum gaze direction frequency distribution by a predetermined threshold value or more, this gaze direction is specified as the alerting direction.

  Here, with reference to FIG. 12, specification of the alerting method will be specifically described. FIG. 12 is a diagram comparing the gaze direction frequency distribution and the optimum gaze direction frequency distribution. In FIG. 12, α indicates the gaze direction frequency distribution created in step S33, and β indicates the optimal gaze direction frequency distribution acquired from the center 20 in step S34. As shown in FIG. 12, in the optimal gaze direction frequency distribution, the gaze frequency is high in two directions, the gaze direction B and the gaze direction B. As shown in FIG. 9, this shows that many drivers are viewing the left and right alleys at the intersection in front of the vehicle 10 in the traveling direction. On the other hand, in the visual line direction frequency, the visual line frequency in the visual line direction B is high, but the visual line frequency in the visual line direction B is hardly increased. This indicates that the driver driving the vehicle 10 visually recognizes the left alley at the intersection in front of the traveling direction, but does not visually recognize the right alley. That is, the driver may not be aware that there is a possibility that the target object may jump out of the right alley. Therefore, the driving support unit 39 identifies the line-of-sight direction B in which the line-of-sight frequency in the line-of-sight direction frequency distribution is lower than the line-of-sight frequency in the optimal line-of-sight direction frequency distribution as a warning direction.

  Next, the driving assistance part 39 specifies the attention object corresponding to the alerting direction specified at step S35 among all the attention objects acquired from the center 20 at step S34 (step S36).

  When the attention direction and the target object are specified in this way, the driving support unit 39 controls the driving support execution device 36 and specifies the attention direction specified in step S35 and the step S36. Driving support corresponding to the type of the target object is executed (step S37). For example, the driving support execution device 36 outputs the announcement by sound and image, and the direction of attention specified in step S35 is the line-of-sight direction B and the target object specified in step S36 is the driving support. If the person is a pedestrian, an announcement “right forward, pedestrian jumps out” is output as a voice, and the announcement is displayed on the display. Further, this announcement may be made using the map information of the navigation system 31 as “a street tree in front of the right, a pedestrian jumping out”, “right side of the intersection in front, a pedestrian popping out”, or the like.

  The driving support by the driving support execution device 36 is not limited to this. For example, the PCS operating conditions are advanced, the downshift is automatically performed to induce deceleration, or the determination level of the conditions for entering the brake assist is set. It may be lowered to make the brake assist easier to operate, or cruise control may be canceled.

  As described above, according to the driving support system 1 according to the present embodiment, the type of the cautionary object to be visually recognized by the driver can be estimated from the optimal visual line direction frequency distribution and the optimal visual line movement speed. In the driving support unit 39, more appropriate driving support can be performed by performing driving support according to the estimated type of the attention object. Specifically, the driver can recognize the type of the cautionary object to be noted by taking a voice and image output of the type of the cautionary object, and take more appropriate risk avoidance action. Can be made.

  Further, according to the driving support system 1 according to the present embodiment, the driver determines the line of sight because the difference between the optimal line-of-sight direction frequency distribution and the line-of-sight direction frequency distribution exceeds the predetermined threshold as the alerting direction. It is possible to identify the line-of-sight direction in which the attention object may appear although it is not directed. And more appropriate driving assistance can be performed by performing driving assistance according to this alerting direction and the type of attention object.

  The preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the center 20 has been described as estimating the attention object based on the optimum line-of-sight direction distribution and the optimum line-of-sight movement speed distribution. The moving speed distribution may be transmitted, and the attention object may be estimated in the driving support device for the vehicle 10. In this case, step S24 illustrated in FIG. 7 is performed in the driving support unit 39 of the driving support device 30.

  Further, in step S24, it has been described that the gaze direction in which the gaze frequency of the optimal gaze direction frequency distribution protrudes in a mountain shape is extracted as the gaze direction to be alerted. It is also possible to extract a line-of-sight direction or the like that exceeds a predetermined threshold.

  In step S24, the line-of-sight movement speed at which the line-of-sight movement speed frequency of the optimal line-of-sight movement speed distribution protrudes in a mountain shape is extracted as the line-of-sight movement speed for specifying the type of attention object. For example, a line-of-sight movement speed with a line-of-sight movement speed frequency exceeding a predetermined threshold may be extracted.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Driving assistance system, 10 ... Vehicle, 20 ... Center (driving assistance apparatus, attention object estimation means), 30 ... Driving assistance apparatus, 31 ... Navigation system, 32 ... Millimeter wave radar, 33 ... Vehicle information storage part, 34 ... gaze detection device, 35 ... road-to-vehicle communication device, 36 ... driving support execution device, 37 ... CPU, 38 ... gaze information collection unit, 39 ... driving support unit, A, B ... gaze direction, ac ... speed range, α: Gaze direction frequency distribution (detection data), β: Optimal gaze direction frequency distribution (reference data).

Claims (2)

A driving support device that performs driving support for a driver based on a comparison between reference data of gaze information and detection data of gaze information of the driver,
The line-of-sight information includes a line-of-sight movement speed indicating the movement speed of the line of sight,
Attention object estimation means for estimating the type of attention object based on the eye movement speed of the reference data;
Driving support means for performing driving support according to the type of the attention object estimated by the attention object estimation means;
A driving support device comprising: The line-of-sight information includes a line-of-sight direction frequency indicating the frequency of the direction of the line of sight,
A warning direction specifying means for specifying a line-of-sight direction in which the difference between the line-of-sight direction frequency of the reference data and the line-of-sight frequency of the detection data exceeds a predetermined threshold as a warning direction;
The driving support apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the driving support means performs driving support according to the alerting direction and the type of the attention object.

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