Patent ID: 11872983
Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle collision prediction apparatus installable to a host vehicle equipped with a peripheral sensor for detecting a preceding vehicle;
the vehicle collision prediction apparatus comprising:
a collision prediction region setting section that sets a collision prediction region in front of the host vehicle; and
a collision prediction section which predicts that there is a probability of a collision between the host vehicle and the preceding vehicle, if the preceding vehicle is within the collision prediction region, wherein
in response to the preceding vehicle satisfying predetermined U-turn conditions for estimating that the preceding vehicle is executing a U-turn, the collision prediction region setting section expands a width of the collision prediction region toward a side that is opposite an oncoming travel lane of the host vehicle, in a direction that intersects a travel direction of the host vehicle, making the width larger than in response to the preceding vehicle not satisfying the U-turn conditions.