To avoid erroneous operation of a vehicle control system even when a high level received signal is obtained from a small-sized non-control target object located on a road.
The vehicle control system is equipped with a radar device that transmits a radar signal to a search space in a roughly horizontal direction of a vehicle to receive a reflection signal by the target object, and detects distance of the target object based on the received signal. The device also includes a target object image detection means detecting a target object image from a photographed image including a portion of the search area, and a control means outputting a control signal to control motion of an actuator of the vehicle based on detected distance when the received signal level exceeds a reference level, and the target object image is detected from the photographed image other than a lower part range of the search area, thus avoiding erroneous operation of the vehicle control system even when a high level received signal is obtained from the target object to be controlled.
COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
NOMURA TETSUYA
TAKASUKA AYAFUMI
MARUNO HIROAKI
SENDO MASAO
Hayashi Tsunetoku
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