TRAVEL ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND SADDLE RIDING VEHICLE

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TRAVEL ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND SADDLE RIDING VEHICLE

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18891365 titled 'TRAVEL ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND SADDLE RIDING VEHICLE

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A travel assistance device includes: a detection range element setting unit that sets a plurality of detection range elements aligned in a width direction in a region along sides toward a rear of a host vehicle; an object detection unit that detects presence or absence of an object for each of width positions corresponding to the detection range elements; and a notification unit that notifies the presence of the object when the object is determined to be an object to be notified on the basis of detection results of the object detection unit.