VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE

A vehicle control device includes: a signal processing IC unit 10 that outputs image processing data D1; a recognition processing IC unit 20 that performs recognition processing of the external environment of a vehicle to output external environment data obtained through the recognition processing; a judgment processing IC unit 30 that performs judgment processing for cruise control of the vehicle; a power management unit 42 capable of controlling an on or off state of a recognition function of the external environment of the vehicle in the recognition processing IC unit 20 according to the conditions of the vehicle; and a bypass path 90 for enabling data communications from the signal processing IC unit 10 to the judgment processing IC unit 30 without performing the recognition processing of the external environment of the vehicle by the recognition processing IC unit 20.