Vehicle control apparatus, vehicle control method, and computer program
First Claim
1. A vehicle control apparatus comprising:
- 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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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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35 Claims
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1. A vehicle control apparatus comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A vehicle control method comprising:
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acquiring information for controlling various units in a vehicle instead of a driver of the vehicle and managing the information acquired;
determining unit a situation under which the vehicle is placed, based on the information;
selecting predetermined information corresponding to the situation from among the information;
determining degree of danger of the situation based on the predetermined information; and
controlling predetermined units in the vehicle in such a manner that the degree of danger is reduced.
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35. A computer program for controlling a vehicle, making a computer to execute:
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acquiring information for controlling various units in a vehicle instead of a driver of the vehicle and managing the information acquired;
determining unit a situation under which the vehicle is placed, based on the information;
selecting predetermined information corresponding to the situation from among the information;
determining degree of danger of the situation based on the predetermined information; and
controlling predetermined units in the vehicle in such a manner that the degree of danger is reduced.
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