VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle control device capable of suppressing unnecessary operations of safety devices to a target having a low possibility of crossing a front side of a travel direction of an own vehicle.SOLUTION: A vehicle control device 10 includes: a collision time calculation section 12 which calculates a collision prediction time to be a time until an own vehicle collides with a target; an operation region setting section 13 for setting an operation region to be a region having a prescribed width in a lateral direction to be a direction orthogonal to a route of the own vehicle on a front side of a travel direction; a timing setting section 14 for setting operation timings of safety devices 31 and 32; a determination region setting section 17 for setting a plurality of determination regions divided in the lateral direction to the front side of the travel direction and an obliquely front side of the own vehicle; a correction section 15 which performs processing for changing the width of the operation region and processing for changing the operation timings on the basis of a movement history between the determination regions of the target; and an operation determination section 16 which operates the safety devices 31 and 32 when the position of the target is in the operation region and the collision prediction time is lower than the operation timings.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】自車の進行方向前方を横切る可能性の低い物標に対する安全装置の不要作動を抑制することが可能な車両制御装置を提供する。【解決手段】車両制御装置１０であって、自車と物標とが衝突するまでの時間である衝突予測時間を算出する衝突時間算出部１２と、進行方向前方に、自車の進路に直交する方向である横方向に所定の幅を有する領域である作動領域を設定する作動領域設定部１３と、安全装置３１，３２の作動タイミングを設定するタイミング設定部１４と、進行方向前方であって且つ自車の斜め前方に、横方向に向けて分割された複数の判定領域を設定する判定領域設定部１７と、作動領域の幅を変更する処理及び作動タイミングを変更する処理を、物標の判定領域間での移動履歴に基づいて行う補正部１５と、物標の位置が作動領域内であり、且つ、衝突予測時間が作動タイミングを下回った場合に、安全装置３１，３２を作動させる作動判定部１６と、を備える。【選択図】 図１