Mazda Motor Corporation

Xi Chen

Takashi Nakagami

Hiroshi Ohmura

Rie Tezuka

Shota Katayama

A vehicle control device includes an oncoming vehicle detection sensor that detects an oncoming vehicle approaching an own vehicle; and a controller configured to automatically apply brakes to the own vehicle to avoid a collision with the oncoming vehicle, detected by the oncoming vehicle detection sensor, under a condition that the own vehicle is at least partially in an opposite lane or a planned path of the own vehicle is at least partially in the opposite lane. The controller is further configured to set, between the own vehicle and the oncoming vehicle, a virtual area that moves with the oncoming vehicle and that extends toward the own vehicle using a rear end of the oncoming vehicle as a base point, and automatically brake the own vehicle to avoid the own vehicle coming into contact with the virtual area to avoid the collision between the own vehicle and the oncoming vehicle.

Vehicle control device, method and computer program product

A vehicle control device includes an oncoming vehicle detection sensor and a controller that automatically applies brakes to avoid a collision with the oncoming vehicle, under a condition that the own vehicle is at least partially in an opposite lane or a planned path of the own vehicle is at least partially in the opposite lane. The controller sets a virtual area that moves with the oncoming vehicle and that extends in an advancing direction of the oncoming vehicle, and automatically brakes to avoid to avoid a collision. In response to the sensor detecting first and second oncoming vehicles, the controller sets first and second virtual areas, and automatically brakes the own vehicle to prevent coming into contact with the first virtual area and the second virtual area once the own vehicle traverses the opposite lane.

A line-of-sight determination unit of a vehicle alarm apparatus determines the line-of-sight direction, based on a face orientation and a pupil that are included in a captured image of a driver. A driving operation detection unit detects a requested acceleration based on an accelerator operation of the driver, or a turn-signal-lamp switch operation for activating a turn signal lamp of a vehicle. A controller sets an alarm timing, based on an output of the line-of-sight determination unit and an output of the driving operation detection unit. When the requested acceleration that is equal to or more than a predetermined acceleration, or the turn-signal-lamp switch operation is detected, the controller activates an alarm device at a timing more delayed than the alarm timing.

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