Problem to be solved: to provide a vehicle control method and an apparatus capable of reflecting an operation request of the occupant prior to the occupants action through event related desynchronization of a specific electroencephalogram component to be reflected in the running characteristic of the vehicle.A vehicle control device 2 for determining an operation request of the occupant to the vehicle 1 based on the electroencephalogram of the occupant during operation, an electroencephalogram 21 for detecting a change of the electroencephalogram components W1 and W2 of a specific frequency band in time series and an electroencephalogram 21 The phenomenon judging section 22 for judging whether the change of the specific electroencephalogram components W1 and W2 detected by the phenomenon is a reduced ERD, and the initial change rate. Delta.w1 and. Delta.w2 of the ERD determined by the phenomenon judging section 22 are predetermined threshold A1, andWhen the vehicle is greater than or equal to A2, there is provided a running characteristic changing section 24 for leading or delaying the running characteristic of the vehicle 1.Diagram【課題】特定脳波成分の事象関連脱同期を介して乗員の操作要求を乗員の動作に先行して車両の走行特性に反映することができる車両用制御方法及びその装置を提供する。【解決手段】運転中の乗員の脳波に基づいて車両1に対する乗員の操作要求を判定する車両用制御装置2であって、脳波のうち特定周波数帯域の脳波成分W1,W2の変化を時系列的に検出する脳波計21と、脳波計21により検出された特定脳波成分W1,W2の変化が減少傾向になるERDであるか判定する現象判定部22と、現象判定部22で判定されたERDの初期変化率ΔW1,ΔW2が所定閾値A1,A2以上のとき、車両1の走行特性を先行又は遅延させる走行特性変更部24と、を有する。【選択図】 図2
