Apparatus and method of controlling a vehicle using electromyogram

A vehicle control device is provided to let a disabled person and an old or feeble person drive a vehicle by accelerating, decelerating, braking and steering a vehicle using an electromyogram signal. The vehicle control device comprises an electromyogram signal processing unit(110) obtaining an electromyogram from the body of a driver and processing the obtained electromyogram signal, an A/D(analog to digital) conversion unit(120) converting the processed electromyogram signal into a digital signal, a driver's intention judgment unit(130) receiving the digital signal from the A/D conversion unit and comparing with a standard signal, checking whether the difference value exceeds the critical value set variously by drivers or not and judging the driver's intention of driving a vehicle controller such as a brake system, an accelerator, a steering gear, etc., and then outputting the signal, a control signal conversion unit(140) receiving the signal from the driver's intention judgment unit and converting into a signal for controlling a vehicle controller, a vehicle controller control unit(150) connected with a vehicle controller electrically to drive and control the vehicle controller with the converted signal from the control signal conversion unit, and a vehicle controller driving unit(160) driving the vehicle controller by the vehicle controller control unit.