Patent ID: 9440648
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: B60K,B60Q,B60T,B60W,G01S,G06K,G08G

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle safety apparatus equipped with a controller, wherein the controller is configured to when a moving living body in an area that is ahead in advancing direction of a vehicle traveling on a traffic zone of a road and is adjacent to the traffic zone moves in a direction that crosses the traffic zone, execute a safety operation to ensure safety of the moving living body, change an execution time of the safety operation according to the road condition of the area where the moving living body is present, determine whether road condition of the area where the moving living body is present is either a roadway and an opposing traffic lane or a roadway and other than an opposing traffic lane, and if the road condition is a roadway and other than an opposing traffic lane, make the execution time of the safety-operation later than that used when the road condition is a roadway and an opposing traffic lane.