The vehicle obstacle detecting device improves safety of the vehicle by
utilizing information detected by a plurality of sensors to appropriately
handle situations in which an obstacle exists in a blind spot of the
sensors. The vehicle obstacle detecting device includes at least first
and second sensors arranged such that sensing scopes of the first and
second sensors do not substantially overlap. The vehicle obstacle
detecting device is configured to observe the behavior of an obstacle
existing within the sensing scope of one of the first and second sensors
and predict the blind spot behavior of the obstacle in a blind spot
between the sensing scopes of the first and second sensors based on the
observed behavior of the obstacle. Thus, the vehicle obstacle detecting
device is configured to predict the existence of an obstacle in the blind
spot where the first and second sensors cannot actually detect the
obstacle.