VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS

摘要

Provided is a vehicle control apparatus (10) for detecting the presence of a leading vehicle to the front of a host vehicle, on the basis of reflected waves produced when transmitted waves transmitted frontward from the host vehicle at a prescribed cycle are reflected back from the leading vehicle. This vehicle control apparatus (10) comprises: a detection distance acquisition unit (21) for acquiring the distance from the host vehicle to a leading vehicle, calculated using reflected waves, by way of a detection distance; a filter process unit (23) for performing a process to minimize change of the detection distance, using past values of the detection distance; and a distance correction unit (24) for calculating the amount of change of the detection distance, and making corrections of the detection distance on the basis of the amount of change thereof. The filter process unit (23) is designed to reset the past value of the detection distance, at the point in time that correction is initiated by the distance correction unit (24).