VEHICLE ALARM DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF VEHICLE ALARM DEVICE AND PROGRAM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle alarm device capable of detecting whether or not a driver touches an alarming position on a steering wheel to issue an alarm to the driver in a necessary and sufficient manner by changing alarm means based on the detection result while reducing unpleasantness given to the driver or passengers due to undesired alarm sounds etc.SOLUTION: A control unit 3 determines an alarm should be issued to the driver to the right side or the left side relative to a driver's seating direction based on the monitoring result by a periphery monitoring section 9 provided to a vehicle. A control unit 3 controls a vibration generating unit 2 and a notification unit 4 based on the determination result whether the driver touches the right side or the left side of a steering wheel 6 relative to the driver's seating direction.