Patent · US Expired

Method for regulating the speed of a vehicle

US6879901B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by

7References

7Claims

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Hermann Winner · Bietigheim, DE
Albrecht Irion · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 12, 2001
Grant date	Apr 12, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 22, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60W2720/106
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for regulating the speed of a vehicle, in which at least one vehicle traveling ahead is detected by a radar sensor within a radar detection range. An acceleration limitation is carried out in the vehicle to be regulated, when a vehicle moves, at lower speed than the vehicle to be regulated, in a neighboring lane provided for vehicles traveling at higher speed. The magnitude of the acceleration limitation is a function of the distance of the vehicle in the neighboring lane from the vehicle which is to be regulated, and of its speed with respect to the vehicle which is to be regulated.

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