VEHICLE ACCELERATION RESTRICTION DEVICE AND VEHICLE ACCELERATION RESTRICTION METHOD

摘要

Provided are a vehicle acceleration restriction device and vehicle acceleration restriction method whereby handling degradation during parking is reduced and acceleration due to accidental accelerator operation is restricted. On the basis of a parking-space confidence degree that indicates the degree of confidence that a parking space is present in the direction of motion of the ego vehicle and a parking-space entry confidence degree that indicates the degree of confidence that the ego vehicle is going to enter said parking space, an overall confidence degree that indicates an overall degree of confidence obtained by combining the parking-space confidence degree and the parking-space entry confidence degree is set, and the higher said overall confidence degree is, the higher the degree to which the acceleration of the ego vehicle, controlled in accordance with the position of an accelerator pedal operated by the driver in order to dictate the amount of driving force produced, is restricted. Also, if a plurality of parking-space candidates have been detected, one parking-space confidence degree is used to correct other parking-space confidence degrees.