Vehicle control apparatus and vehicle control method

The invention provides a vehicle control apparatus and a vehicle control method. The vehicle control apparatus includes: a first detection device that detects biometric information of an occupant in a vehicle using a sensor; and the processor is electrically connected with the first detection device. The processor: determines whether to approve a predetermined automatic driving level based on the biometric information; in response to determining that the predetermined autonomous driving level is not approved, determining whether the passenger is in an abnormal intelligence state based on the voice interaction; and determining whether to execute automatic driving based on the determination result of whether the passenger is in the abnormal intelligence state. 本公开提供一种车辆控制设备和车辆控制方法。该车辆控制设备包括：第一检测装置，利用传感器检测车辆中的乘客的生物特征信息；以及处理器，与第一检测装置电连接。该处理器：基于生物特征信息，确定是否批准预定的自动驾驶级别；响应于确定未批准预定的自动驾驶级别，基于语音交互确定乘客是否处于非正常智力状态；以及基于乘客是否处于非正常智力状态的确定结果，确定是否执行自动驾驶。