METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE AND VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE

A method for controlling a vehicle in which a camera (20) configured to capture an image of a predetermined range of an angle of view in front of an own vehicle (1) is mounted on the own vehicle and a traffic light is recognized based on an image captured by the camera (20), the method including: based on map information including information of an installation position of the traffic light and information of a lane controlled by the traffic light and a range of the angle of view of the camera (20) mounted on the own vehicle (1), calculating (S6) an imaging-enabled area in which an image of the traffic light can be captured on the lane by the camera (20); determining (S7) whether or not the own vehicle (1) is positioned in the imaging-enabled area; and when the own vehicle (1) is positioned in the imaging-enabled area, controlling (S11, S13) the own vehicle (1) in such a way that the traffic light is not shielded from the range of the angle of view of the camera (20) by a preceding vehicle of the own vehicle (1).