Patent · US Expired

Device and method for controlling a motor vehicle travel speed

US7177748B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by

6References

10Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Albrecht Irion · Stuttgart, DE
Dirk John · Renningen, DE
Stephan Dorenkamp · Ludwigsburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 11, 2004
Grant date	Feb 13, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 30, 2024

Classification

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

Abstract

A device and a method for cruise control in a motor vehicle, the cruise control being performable as a constant-distance regulation if at least one preceding vehicle has been detected by a radar sensor, or cruise control being performable as a constant-speed regulation if no preceding vehicle has been detected by a radar sensor. Measured object values for detected objects are supplied to the cruise control, which includes a computing device which determines an acceleration gradient for each measured value of each object and adds the individual acceleration gradients of the measured values for each object and outputs the added-up acceleration gradients for the object selected as the target object.

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