TRAVEL CONTROLLING DEVICE AND TRAVEL CONTROLLING SYSTEM

摘要

A running control apparatus for improving fuel efficiency by enabling automatic engine stop necessity/unnecessity determination, regardless of infrastructure is to be provided. The running control apparatus includes: a moving object detection unit for detecting a moving object moving in a direction crossing a direction of travel of own vehicle on the basis of an acquired image acquired from an image pickup apparatus; an acceleration calculation unit for calculating acceleration of the moving object; a moving object crossing intention determination unit for determining, on the basis of the acceleration of the moving object, whether or not the moving object intends to cross an intersection ahead of the own vehicle in the direction crossing the direction of the travel of the own vehicle before the own vehicle crosses the intersection; and automatic engine stop decision unit for deciding whether or not the own vehicle automatically stops an engine during running on the basis of a result of determination of the moving object crossing intention determination unit.