DRIVING SUPPORT EQUIPMENT FOR VEHICLES

A driving support equipment (2) for a vehicle (1) is provided, the equipment (2) characterized by a frontward information recognition unit (3) for recognizing environs information at the front of the vehicle (1); a preceding vehicle information detection unit (4) for detecting preceding vehicle information from the environs information at the front of the vehicle (1); an eye motion detection unit (7) for detecting an eye motion of a driver who drives the vehicle (1); a dispersion value processing unit (8) for processing a value showing a dispersion of the eye motions regarding the preceding vehicle, detected by the eye motion detection unit (7); an attention state estimation unit (8) for estimating an attention state (Sh) of the driver regarding the preceding vehicle, using the value showing the eye motion dispersion; and an alarm control unit (8) for varying a vehicle alarm according to the estimated attention state of the driver.