Occupant protection apparatus

An occupant protection apparatus to be applied to a vehicle, the occupant protection apparatus comprising:

• a contact sensor configured to detect contact of the vehicle;
• an occupant processor configured to detect whether there is an occupant who is wearing a medical device in the vehicle when the contact sensor detects the contact of the vehicle;
• an electromagnetic wave sensor configured to detect an electromagnetic wave;
• a control processor configured to control the vehicle to reduce the electromagnetic wave inside the vehicle based on a first detection result of the electromagnetic wave sensor, the first detection result being a detection result of the electromagnetic wave sensor in response to (i) a detection of the contact of the vehicle by the contact sensor and (ii) a detection of the occupant who is wearing the medical device in the vehicle by the occupant processor, the electromagnetic wave inside the vehicle being reduced by the control processor based on a position of the occupant who is wearing the medical device in the vehicle and a position of a source of the electromagnetic wave detected inside the vehicle;
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• a protection processor configured to perform a protection process of protecting the occupant who is wearing the medical device, based on a second detection result, the second detection result being a detection result of the electromagnetic wave sensor in response to an execution of the control of the vehicle to reduce the electromagnetic wave inside the vehicle,
• wherein the protection process comprises controlling operation of a communicator of the vehicle to notify a device around the vehicle that there is the occupant who is wearing the medical device in the vehicle, the communicator being communicable with the device around the vehicle.