Patent ID: 11878670
Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus for controlling a vehicle, comprising:
a non-transitory memory storing one or more computer programs;
a processor executing the one or more computer programs to:
detect a mobile object around the vehicle from detection information acquired from an autonomous sensor mounted to the vehicle;
determine whether a detection state of the autonomous sensor meets a predefined detection accuracy condition;
perform occupant assistance for assisting an occupant of the vehicle,
wherein the processor further executes one or more programs to:
after determining whether the detection state of the autonomous sensor meets the predefined detection accuracy condition, determine whether a predefined mobile-object condition is met, the predefined mobile-object condition indicating that a mobile object detected from detection information received from an external device via a communication unit mounted to the vehicle and a mobile object detected from detection information acquired from the autonomous sensor are the same object, and
in response to the detection accuracy condition being met, determine a mode of occupant assistance as a first mode of occupant assistance, and
in response to neither the detection accuracy condition nor the predefined mobile-object condition being met, determine the mode of occupant assistance as a second mode of occupant assistance that is different from the first mode of occupant assistance, the second mode of occupant assistance being to be performed at a timing later than the first mode of occupant assistance.