Vehicle control apparatus and vehicle control method

A vehicle control apparatus which activates a safety device for avoiding a collision of an own vehicle with a target that is present around the own vehicle or reducing damage caused by the collision, in the case where there is a probability that the own vehicle will collide with the target, the vehicle control apparatus comprising:

• a condition setting means for setting an activation condition for activating the safety device;
• a correction determination means for determining whether each of a plurality of correction conditions for the activation condition is satisfied;
• and
• an activation determination means for determining whether to activate the safety device, on the basis of the activation condition, wherein:
• the condition setting means sets the activation condition by correcting a reference condition on the basis of the correction condition which has been determined by the correction determination means as being satisfied, the reference condition being determined for each destination corresponding to a country or region where the own vehicle is used, and the correction condition is a condition common to the reference condition determined for each destination.

A vehicle control method performed by a vehicle control apparatus that activates a safety device for avoiding a collision of an own vehicle with a target present around the own vehicle or reducing damage caused by the collision, in the case where there is a probability that the own vehicle will collide with the target, wherein the vehicle control apparatus performs:

• a condition setting step of setting an activation condition for activating the safety device;
• a correction determination step of determining whether each of a plurality of correction conditions for the activation condition is satisfied;
• and
• an activation determination step of determining whether to activate the safety device on the basis of the activation condition, wherein
• in the condition setting step, the activation condition is set by correcting a predetermined reference condition on the basis of a correction value for the correction condition that has been determined to be satisfied in the correction determination step, and correcting the corrected reference condition on the basis of a destination correction value, the destination correction value being determined for each destination corresponding to a country or region where the own vehicle is used.

A vehicle control method performed by a vehicle control apparatus that activates a safety device for avoiding a collision of an own vehicle with a target present around the own vehicle or reducing damage caused by the collision, in the case where there is a probability that the own vehicle will collide with the target, wherein the vehicle control apparatus performs:

• a condition setting step of setting an activation condition for activating the safety device;
• a correction determination step of determining whether each of a plurality of correction conditions for the activation condition is satisfied;
• and
• an activation determination step of determining whether to activate the safety device on the basis of the activation condition, wherein
• in the condition setting step, the activation condition is set by correcting a reference condition on the basis of the correction condition that has been determined to be satisfied in the correction determination step, the reference condition being determined for each destination corresponding to a country or region where the own vehicle is used, and
• the correction condition is a condition common to the reference condition determined for each destination.

A vehicle control apparatus which activates a safety device for avoiding a collision of an own vehicle with a target that is present around the own vehicle or reducing damage caused by the collision, in the case where there is a probability that the own vehicle will collide with the target, the vehicle control apparatus comprising:

• a memory;
• a processor communicable to the memory;
• and
• a set of computer-executable instructions stored on the memory that cause the processor to implement:
• setting an activation condition for activating the safety device;
• determining whether each of a plurality of correction conditions for the activation condition is satisfied;
• and
• determining whether to activate the safety device, on the basis of the activation condition, wherein:
• the processor sets the activation condition by correcting a predetermined reference condition on the basis of a correction value for a correction condition which has been determined as being satisfied, and correcting the corrected reference condition on the basis of a destination correction value determined for each destination corresponding to a country or region where the own vehicle is used.

A vehicle control apparatus which activates a safety device for avoiding a collision of an own vehicle with a target that is present around the own vehicle or reducing damage caused by the collision, in the case where there is a probability that the own vehicle will collide with the target, the vehicle control apparatus comprising:

• a memory;
• a processor communicable to the memory;
• and
• a set of computer-executable instructions stored on the memory that cause the processor to implement:
• setting an activation condition for activating the safety device;
• determining whether each of a plurality of correction conditions for the activation condition is satisfied;
• and
• determining whether to activate the safety device, on the basis of the activation condition, wherein:
• the processor sets the activation condition by correcting a reference condition on the basis of the correction condition which has been determined as being satisfied, the reference condition being determined for each destination corresponding to a country or region where the own vehicle is used, and
• the correction condition is a condition common to the reference condition determined for each destination.