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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2004
Satoshi Harumoto, Hyogo, JP;
Toshitaka Yamato, Hyogo, JP;
Hiroshi Takeuchi, Hyogo, JP;
Yoshihiko Maeno, Hyogo, JP;
Naotoshi Miyamoto, Hyogo, JP;
Kazuhiro Sakiyama, Hyogo, JP;
Satoshi Harumoto, Hyogo, JP;
Toshitaka Yamato, Hyogo, JP;
Hiroshi Takeuchi, Hyogo, JP;
Yoshihiko Maeno, Hyogo, JP;
Naotoshi Miyamoto, Hyogo, JP;
Kazuhiro Sakiyama, Hyogo, JP;
Fujitsu Ten Limited, Kobe, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control apparatus includes an information acquiring/managing unit that acquires information for controlling various units in a vehicle instead of a driver of the vehicle, and manages the information acquired, a situation determining unit that determines a situation under which the vehicle is placed, based on the information, a danger determining unit that selects predetermined information corresponding to the situation from among the information, and determines degree of danger of the situation based on the predetermined information, and a vehicle controller that controls predetermined units in the vehicle in such a manner that the degree of danger is reduced.