Vehicle control apparatus

A vehicle control apparatus comprising

• a controller;
• and
• an imager configured to capture an image of an interior of a vehicle,
• wherein the controller is configured to:
• acquire the image of the interior of the vehicle from the imager;
• detect an object from the image using an object detection technique;
• calculate a movement amount of the object from the image;
• estimate a depth difference between a depth from the imager to a hand of the object and a depth from the imager to posture stabilization equipment in a case in which at least a part of the hand of the object is located within a detection area including the posture stabilization equipment and the movement amount of the object is equal to or less than a movement amount threshold;
• and
• turn on a flag indicating that a posture of the object is a safe posture in a case in which the depth difference is equal to or less than the depth difference threshold, and turn off the flag in a case in which the depth difference is greater than the depth difference threshold.