Vehicle safety apparatus
First Claim
1. A vehicle safety apparatus equipped with a controller, wherein the controller is configured towhen a moving living body in an area that is ahead in advancing direction of a vehicle traveling on a traffic zone of a road and is adjacent to the traffic zone moves in a direction that crosses the traffic zone, execute a safety operation to ensure safety of the moving living body,change an execution time of the safety operation according to the road condition of the area where the moving living body is present,determine whether road condition of the area where the moving living body is present is either a roadway and an opposing traffic lane or a roadway and other than an opposing traffic lane, andif the road condition is a roadway and other than an opposing traffic lane, make the execution time of the safety-operation later than that used when the road condition is a roadway and an opposing traffic lane.
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Abstract
When a pedestrian or the like in an area that is ahead in the direction of movement of a vehicle travelling on a road and is adjacent to the road is moving in an direction to cross the road, a system ECU varies the time of execution of a safety operation for ensuring the safety of the pedestrian in accordance with a road condition in the area where the pedestrian or the like is present. Specifically, the time of execution of the safety operation is delayed in the order of a first road condition, in which the area in which the pedestrian is present is not in a roadway, a second road condition, in which the area is in a roadway and not in an opposing traffic lane, and a third road condition, in which the area is in a roadway and in an opposing traffic lane.
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1. A vehicle safety apparatus equipped with a controller, wherein the controller is configured to
when a moving living body in an area that is ahead in advancing direction of a vehicle traveling on a traffic zone of a road and is adjacent to the traffic zone moves in a direction that crosses the traffic zone, execute a safety operation to ensure safety of the moving living body, change an execution time of the safety operation according to the road condition of the area where the moving living body is present, determine whether road condition of the area where the moving living body is present is either a roadway and an opposing traffic lane or a roadway and other than an opposing traffic lane, and if the road condition is a roadway and other than an opposing traffic lane, make the execution time of the safety-operation later than that used when the road condition is a roadway and an opposing traffic lane.
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