| CPC B60W 30/09 (2013.01) [B60W 2540/103 (2013.01); B60W 2554/4041 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4048 (2020.02); B60W 2720/106 (2013.01)] | 8 Claims |
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1. A vehicle control apparatus, comprising:
a surrounding information detection apparatus provided with an own vehicle, which acquires information on a situation around the own vehicle; and
an electronic control unit configured to:
execute an acceleration suppression control to suppress an acceleration of the own vehicle when an operating condition including a condition that an accelerator pedal operation amount is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value is satisfied,
wherein the electronic control unit is configured to set the predetermined threshold value, which is used for determining whether to execute the acceleration suppression control, to a smaller value when an object entry condition that an object has a possibility to enter an area in front of the own vehicle, is satisfied than when the object entry condition is not satisfied,
wherein the object entry condition is a condition that (i) a blind spot area exists in front of the own vehicle, (ii) the object exists in the blind spot area, and (iii) the object has the possibility to enter the area in front of the own vehicle,
wherein the blind spot area is an area which the surrounding information detection apparatus of the own vehicle cannot detect, and the electronic control unit is configured to acquire information on the object that exists in the blind spot area by communication with at least one external device separate from the own vehicle.
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