Door control apparatus, vehicle control system, door control method, and non-transitory computer readable medium

A door control method for controlling opening and closing of a door provided at an opening of a vehicle, based on imaging data of a predetermined imaging range of an external area relative to the opening, the door control method comprising:

• extracting, by a controller, a target of motion as at least one mobile object moving toward the opening by detecting the motion from the imaging data in a time series in a predetermined area included in the imaging range;
• and
• varying, by the controller, opening and closing timing of the door based on the extracted at least one mobile object,
• wherein the controller is configured to:
• in a first area contained in the predetermined area, extract the target as the mobile object when a direction of the motion is included within a predetermined first range;
• and
• in a second area contained in the predetermined area, extract the target as the mobile object when a direction of the motion is included within a predetermined second range.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a door control program configured to control opening and closing of a door provided at an opening of a vehicle, based on imaging data of a predetermined imaging range of an external area relative to the opening, the door control program configured to cause a processor to execute operations, the operations comprising:

• extracting a target of motion as at least one mobile object moving toward the opening by detecting the motion from the imaging data in a time series in a predetermined area included in the imaging range;
• and
• varying opening and closing timing of the door based on the extracted at least one mobile object,
• wherein
• in a first area contained in the predetermined area, the target is extracted as the mobile object when a direction of the motion is included within a predetermined first range, and
• in a second area contained in the predetermined area, the target is extracted as the mobile object when a direction of the motion is included within a predetermined second range.