| 摘要 |
A control apparatus and method for a vehicle that has at least one detection means that detects a running state of the vehicle, and a control apparatus that receives a result of detection by the detector and controls a predetermined vehicle-installed apparatus. The control apparatus determines whether the detection means has failed; restricts a control process by which the control apparatus controls the vehicle running state if it is determined that the detection means has failed; detects a collision state of the vehicle; and restricts the determination that the detection means has failed, for a predetermined time following detection of the collision state of the vehicle, if the collision state is detected. If the collision state of the vehicle is detected, the control apparatus changes the determining process by which the detection means is determined to have failed in such a direction as to restrict the determination that the detection means has failed; for example, the control apparatus changes the threshold for failure determination, or prohibits determination that the detection means has failed. Therefore, even if an excessively great detection result is temporarily output from the detection means due to the effect of an impact caused by a collision or the like, it is possible to avoid an event that it is immediately determined that the detector has failed. <IMAGE> |
