A driving behavior prediction apparatus includes, for accurately predicting a driving behavior, a position calculation unit for a subject vehicle position calculation, a route setting unit for setting a navigation route, a distance calculation unit for calculating a distance to a nearest object point, a parameter storage unit for storing a template weighting factor that reflects a driving operation tendency of a driver, a driving behavior prediction unit for predicting a driver's behavior based on vehicle information and the template weighting factor, a driving behavior recognition unit for recognizing driver's behavior at the object point, and a driving behavior learning unit for updating the template weighting factor so as to study the driving operation tendency of the driver in a case that a prediction result by the driving behavior prediction unit agrees with a recognition result by the driving behavior recognition unit.
Driving behavior prediction method and apparatus