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Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2007

Filed:

Mar. 22, 2004
Applicants:

Satoshi Harumoto, Hyogo, JP;

Toshitaka Yamato, Hyogo, JP;

Hiroshi Takeuchi, Hyogo, JP;

Yoshihiko Maeno, Hyogo, JP;

Naotoshi Miyamoto, Hyogo, JP;

Kazuhiro Sakiyama, Hyogo, JP;

Inventors:

Satoshi Harumoto, Hyogo, JP;

Toshitaka Yamato, Hyogo, JP;

Hiroshi Takeuchi, Hyogo, JP;

Yoshihiko Maeno, Hyogo, JP;

Naotoshi Miyamoto, Hyogo, JP;

Kazuhiro Sakiyama, Hyogo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/16 (2006.01); G01S 17/93 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
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.


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