Patent ID: 8478486
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: B60N,B60T,B60W

Abstract:
1. A vehicle control device for controlling a vehicle comprising: a posture measuring unit configured to measure a posture indicating a state of at least one of a buttock region, an upper pelvic region, and a leg of a driver, the leg on an opposite side of other leg with which the driver performs a brake operation or an accelerator operation; a posture change detection unit configured to detect a posture change which is a change of a posture measured by said posture measuring unit; a preparatory movement identification unit configured to identify whether or not the posture change detected by said posture change detection unit is caused by a preparatory movement for the brake operation or the accelerator operation, based on whether or not the posture change satisfies a predetermined condition, the preparatory movement being a movement made spontaneously by the driver before performing the brake operation or the accelerator operation; and a vehicle control unit configured to control the vehicle in a case where said preparatory movement identification unit identifies that the posture change has been caused by the preparatory movement for the brake operation or the accelerator operation, wherein in a case where a magnitude of the posture change is greater than or equal to a threshold value, said preparatory movement identification unit is configured to identify that the posture change has been caused by the preparatory movement for the brake operation or the accelerator operation.