Driving support device, driving support system and driving support method

Abstract

A driver can intuitively and conveniently perform an operation for instructing passing to a vehicle. In a driving support device, an image output unit outputs, to a display unit, an image containing an own vehicle object representing an own vehicle and an another vehicle object representing another vehicle in front of the own vehicle object. An operation signal input unit receives an operation of a user for changing the positional relationship between the own vehicle object and the another vehicle object in the image displayed on the display unit. A command output unit outputs, to an automatic driving control unit, a command for instructing the own vehicle to pass the another vehicle when the positional relationship between the own vehicle object and the another vehicle object is changed such that the own vehicle object is positioned in front of the another vehicle object.

1 . A driving support device comprising:
 an image output unit, which, in operation, outputs, to a display unit, image information including an own vehicle object representing an own vehicle and an another vehicle object representing another vehicle;   an operation signal input unit, which, in operation, receives an operation signal of a user for changing, in the image displayed on the display unit, a positional relationship between the own vehicle object and the another vehicle object; and   a command output unit, which, in operation, outputs, to an automatic driving control unit that controls automatic driving, a control command according to the received operation signal, wherein   the control command includes a first control command and a second control command, and   the command output unit outputs, to the automatic driving control unit, the second control command according to a second operation signal and reserves a control corresponding to the second control command in the automatic driving control unit before the command output unit outputs, to the automatic driving control unit, the first control command according to a first operation signal and performing of a control corresponding to the first control command is completed.   
     
     
         2 . The driving support device of  claim 1  wherein
 the first operation signal is an operation signal of the user that changes a positional relationship between the own vehicle object and the another vehicle object such that the own vehicle object is positioned in front of the another vehicle object, 
 the first control command is a command for instructing the own vehicle to pass the another vehicle, 
 the second operation signal is an operation signal of the user that moves the own vehicle from a first lane to a second lane, and 
 the second control command is a control command for instructing a traffic lane of the own vehicle to change from the first lane to the second lane. 
 
     
     
         3 . The driving support device of  claim 2  wherein the driving support device changes a command by the first command that instructs a traffic lane change to a passing lane, passing the another vehicle, and a traffic lane change to an original traffic lane and a command by the second command that instructs a traffic lane change to the passing lane to a command that instructs a traffic lane change to the passing lane and passing the another vehicle. 
     
     
         4 . A driving support method, comprising:
 outputting, to a display unit, image including an own vehicle object representing an own vehicle and an another vehicle object representing another vehicle;   receiving an operation signal of a user for changing, in the image displayed on the display unit, a positional relationship between the own vehicle object and the another vehicle object; and   outputting, to an automatic driving control unit that controls automatic driving, a control command according to the received operation signal, wherein   the control command includes a first control command and a second control command, and   the outputting of the control command includes outputting, to the automatic driving control unit the second control command according to a second operation signal and reserving a control corresponding to the second control command in the automatic driving control unit before outputting, to the automatic driving control unit, the first control command according to a first operation signal and performing of a control corresponding to the first control command is completed.   
     
     
         5 . An automatic drive vehicle, comprising:
 an image output unit, which, in operation, outputs, to a display unit, image including an own vehicle object representing an own vehicle and an another vehicle object representing another vehicle;   an operation signal input unit, which, in operation, receives an operation signal of a user for changing, in the image displayed on the display unit, a positional relationship between the own vehicle object and the another vehicle object;   a command output unit, which, in operation, outputs a control command according to the received operation signal; and   an automatic driving control unit, which, in operation, performs the outputted control command, wherein   the control command includes a first control command and a second control command, and   the command output unit outputs, to the automatic driving control unit, the second control command according to a second operation signal and reserves a control corresponding to the second control command in the automatic driving control unit before the command output unit outputs, to the automatic driving control unit, the first control command according to a first operation signal and performing of a control corresponding to the first control command is completed.