Patent ID: 8897969

Claim:
A collision safety control apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: an image acquisition device configured to acquire an image in which a face of an occupant of the vehicle is photographed; a face position acquisition device configured to acquire a position of the face of the occupant in a three-dimensional space based on the acquired image; a distance calculation device configured to calculate a distance (d) between the acquired position of the face of the occupant in the three-dimensional space and a reference position located in front of the face of the occupant; an airbag activation device configured to increase pressure inside an airbag to a predetermined pressure in response to detection of an impact on the vehicle; and a setting device configured to set a waiting time (W) from the detection of the impact to start of inflation of the airbag in accordance with the calculated distance (d), so that as the calculated distance (d) is smaller, a pressure-reach time (T) is smaller, wherein the pressure-reach time (T) is a time from when the impact is detected to when the pressure inside the airbag reaches the predetermined pressure.