Mazda Motor Corporation

Koji Kagami

Yoshitsugu Hanada

Yuki Yoshida

Kazuhito Hayashi

Toshiki Yoshihara

Hiromichi Nomura

Kazuya Maruoka

Yuki Okamoto

Koji Hirai

Hitoshi Fukuba

Yuta Tsuji

Akira Funakubo

A vehicle control apparatus includes circuitry for controlling a vehicle. The circuitry is configured to search for a stop location where the vehicle is to stop, on a basis of road shoulder region information, generate an evacuation path on a basis of road information to the stop location, and guide the vehicle to the stop location from a first travel lane adjacent to a road shoulder region. The circuitry is further configured to calculate a collision risk of collision with an on-road obstacle. When the collision risk is a predetermined degree or higher, the circuitry is to interrupt the guidance, otherwise the circuitry is to guide the vehicle to enter the stop location and stop the vehicle at the stop location.

Travel control apparatus for vehicle, vehicle controlling method and computer program therefor

To provide an alarm system for a vehicle that can appropriately raise an alarm to a driver of a vehicle that is entering an intersection. An alarm systemfor a vehicle includes an alarm line setting partthat sets a right alarm lineand a left alarm lineboth extending forward from a vehicle. The alarm line setting partsets the length of the right alarm lineand the left alarm lineat L1 when the vehicle is running in a straight line. The alarm line setting partsets the length of the right alarm lineor the left alarm lineat a length different from L1 when the vehicleis to turn left or right at an intersectionto enter a first laneor a second lane

Alarm system for vehicle

To provide an alarm system for a vehicle that can reduce alarms that can irritate a driver. An alarm systemfor a vehicle includes an alarm line setting partthat sets a right alarm lineand a left alarm linein front of a vehicle, and an alarm unit control partthat activates a speakerand a displaywhen the velocity of the vehicleis equal to or less than a predetermined velocity and a collision determination partdetermines that an object will cross the right alarm lineor the left alarm linewithin a predetermined time. When the vehicleis decelerating, the alarm unit control partperforms an alarm reduction control that suppresses operation of the speakercompared with when the vehicleis not decelerating.

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Hiroshima, Japan

Koji Kagami