Vehicle control apparatus and vehicle control method
A vehicle control apparatus and a vehicle control method are disclosed. The vehicle control apparatus includes an inputter, a setting module, a determiner, and a controller. The inputter receives at least one collision avoidance operation signal from a collision avoidance device, and receives information about a current object detected by a sensing device. The setting module establishes a collision sensitive region for each driver upon receiving an ON mode signal from among the collision avoidance operation signals. The determiner determines whether the received current object information is present in a range of the established collision sensitive region for each driver. If the current object information is present in the range of the established collision sensitive region for each driver, the controller controls the collision avoidance device to perform a collision avoidance operation at a target time point earlier than a predetermined reference time point.
1. A vehicle control apparatus comprising:
an inputter configured to receive at least one of collision avoidance operation signals from a collision avoidance device, receive information about a current object detected by a sensing device, and receive a signal for executing a collision avoidance mode from among the collision avoidance operation signals from the collision avoidance device, upon receiving the current object information;
a setting module configured to establish a collision sensitive region for each driver upon receiving an ON mode signal from among the collision avoidance operation signals;
a determiner configured to determine whether the received current object information is present in a range of the established collision sensitive region for each driver;
a controller configured to control the collision avoidance device to perform a collision avoidance operation; and
a selector, upon receiving a signal for executing the collision avoidance mode from among the collision avoidance operation signals, configured to display a collision-sensitive-region ON mode or a collision-sensitive-region OFF mode so as to determine activation or non-activation of the established collision sensitive region for each driver, and select any one of the displayed collision-sensitive-region ON mode and the collision-sensitive-region OFF mode,
wherein, if the current object information is present in the range of the established collision sensitive region for each driver, the controller controls the collision avoidance device to perform the collision avoidance operation at a target time point earlier than a predetermined reference time point.
2. The vehicle control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the setting module allows the driver to establish the collision sensitive region for each driver according to driver's health condition and driving habits.
3. The vehicle control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
the inputter further receives physical information of a current driver detected by the sensing device; and
the setting module automatically determines a collision sensitive region corresponding to collision risk to be the collision sensitive region for each driver according to driver's health conditions based on the received physical information.
4. The vehicle control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
the inputter further receives driving habit information of a current driver detected by the sensing device; and
the setting module automatically determines a collision sensitive region corresponding to collision risk to be the collision sensitive region for each driver according to driver's driving habits based on the received driving habit information.
5. The vehicle control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
the inputter further receives physical information of a current driver detected by the sensing device; and
the setting module automatically displays a collision sensitive region corresponding to collision risk as the collision sensitive region for each driver according to driver's physical conditions based on the received physical information, and allows the driver to select the displayed collision sensitive region corresponding to collision risk.
6. The vehicle control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
the inputter further receives information about driving habits of a current driver detected by the sensing device; and
the setting module automatically displays a collision sensitive region corresponding to collision risk as the collision sensitive region for each driver according to driver's driving habits based on the received driving habit information, and allows the driver to select the displayed collision sensitive region corresponding to collision risk.
7. The vehicle control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the collision avoidance operation includes at least one of a warning operation or a braking operation.
8. A vehicle control method comprising:
receiving at least one of collision avoidance operation signals from a collision avoidance device;
establishing a collision sensitive region for each driver upon receiving an ON mode signal from among the collision avoidance operation signals;
receiving information about a current object detected by a sensing device;
receiving a signal for executing a collision avoidance mode from among the collision avoidance operation signals from the collision avoidance device, upon receiving the current object information;
displaying a collision-sensitive-region ON mode or a collision-sensitive-region OFF mode so as to determine activation or non-activation of the established collision sensitive region for each driver, upon receiving a signal for executing the collision avoidance mode from among the collision avoidance operation signals;
selecting any one of the displayed collision-sensitive-region ON mode and the collision-sensitive-region OFF mode;
determining whether the received current object information is present in a range of the established collision sensitive region for each driver upon selecting the displayed collision-sensitive-region ON mode; and
if the current object information is present in the range of the established collision sensitive region for each driver, controlling the collision avoidance device to perform a collision avoidance operation at a target time point earlier than a predetermined reference time point.