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Method and apparatus for controlling the velocity of a vehicle

US5999874A · kind A · utility

60Cited by

7References

17Claims

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Hermann Winner · Bietigheim, DE
Stefan Witte · Minden, DE
Bernd Lichtenberg · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
Werner Uhler · Bruchsal, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 15, 1997
Grant date	Dec 7, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 15, 2017

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60W2554/804
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and an apparatus based thereon for automatically controlling the velocity of a vehicle (14) under consideration of preceding vehicles (15, 16, 17) are described. To select a preceding vehicle as the control target, an area of the possible future travel (18) is determined. When the controlled vehicle is about to and/or is beginning to change lanes, the determined area of future travel is expanded (19).

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