| CPC B60W 30/095 (2013.01) [B60W 30/09 (2013.01); B60W 30/18159 (2020.02); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2554/4041 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4042 (2020.02); B60W 2554/801 (2020.02)] | 13 Claims |
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1. A vehicle control device for activating a safety device of a vehicle to inhibit occurrence of a collision with a moving object around an own vehicle when the own vehicle transitions from traveling straight in a lane in which the own vehicle is traveling to making a turn, the own vehicle being the vehicle carrying the safety device, the vehicle control device comprising:
a processor;
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium; and
a set of computer-executable instructions stored on the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that cause the processor to:
set a potential collision area, based on at least one of an own vehicle speed, which is a speed of the own vehicle, and a moving object speed, which is a speed of the moving object, where the own vehicle is likely to collide with the moving object, provided that the moving object continues to move in its moving direction and the own vehicle is making a right/left turn;
acquire a position of the moving object relative to the own vehicle; and
restrict activation of the safety device against the moving object based on the position of the moving object that is acquired being out of the potential collision area that is set, wherein
for a state in which activation of the safety device is not restricted, the vehicle control device is configured to activate the safety device to inhibit a collision between the own vehicle and the moving object.
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