TRAVEL SAFETY DEVICE OF VEHICLE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a driver from feeling any sense of incompatibility in the operation of a safety device, and to make the safety device operate with proper timing.

SOLUTION: A travel safety device 10 of a vehicle is provided with: a contact determination part 24 for making determination related with a contact between a self-vehicle and an object based on prescribed contact determination conditions; a vehicle control part 25 for operating the support operation of contact avoidance according to the determination result of the contact determination part 24; a contact path determination part 22 for determining the state of a connection path connected to the traveling path of the self-vehicle based on the shape of an object detected by an object detection part 21; and a prospect determination part 23 for determining the right and wrong of the prospect of the neighborhood of the connection section of the traveling path of the self-vehicle and the connection path. When the width of the connection path is equal to or less than a prescribed threshold and when it is determined that the prospect of the neighborhood of the connection section is wrong due to a roadside object detected at the front position of the connection path, the contact determination part 24 changes contact determination conditions so that the support operation of contact avoidance can be easily operated.

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