Vehicle control device and vehicle control system

Abstract

An object of the invention is to improve the availability while ensuring safety relating to a vehicle control system that performs driving assistance and automated driving in a backlight environment. The vehicle control device configured to be mounted on a vehicle according to the invention includes a sun position calculation unit configured to calculate position information of the sun at a predetermined time, a visually-unrecognizable region calculation unit configured to calculate a visually-unrecognizable region in which it is difficult to visually recognize a visual recognition target object based on the position information of the sun and position information of the visual recognition target object, and a visually-unrecognizable region output unit configured to output the calculated visually-unrecognizable region. The vehicle control device further includes a visually-unrecognizable region acquisition unit configured to acquire information on the visually-unrecognizable region, and a vehicle control information output unit configured to specify the visually-unrecognizable region on a path of the vehicle based on the acquired information on the visually-unrecognizable region and output control information of the vehicle based on the specified visually-unrecognizable region.