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Traveling control system for motor vehicle

US5648905A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 1, 1994
Grant dateJul 15, 1997
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Expiry dateDec 1, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05D1/0274
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A traveling control system for a motor vehicle includes a detector for detecting an object which exists in front of the motor vehicle to follow a vehicle traveling ahead. The system further includes a first course determination device for estimating a first course on which the motor vehicle will travel hereafter, an identification device for identifying an first target vehicle among the objects existing on the first course, and a second course estimation device for estimating, based on the first target vehicle, a second course on which the motor vehicle will travel hereafter at least while the first target vehicle is outside of the first course. The identification device identifies a second target vehicle among vehicles which travel on the first or second courses while the first target vehicle is outside of the first course.

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