TRAVEL CONTROL DEVICE AND TRAVEL CONTROL METHOD

摘要

A travel control device includes a side obstacle detection unit (19c), a rearward movement preparation detection unit (9), a warning unit, and a suppression unit (2). The side obstacle detection unit (19c) divides a range from a lateral side to a rear side of a vehicle (1) into plural detection angle areas (KR1 to KR7), and detects, for each of the plural detection angle areas (KR1 to KR7), an obstacle (61) entering the detection angle area and a distance to the obstacle (61). The rearward movement preparation detection unit (9) detects the vehicle (1) preparing to move rearward. The warning unit provides warning about the obstacle (61) detected by the side obstacle detection unit (19c). The suppression unit (2) suppresses the warning by the warning unit, if the rearward movement preparation detection unit (9) detects the vehicle (1) preparing to move rearward and the detection angle area in which the obstacle (61) is detected shifts from the rear side to the lateral side.