Patent · US Expired

Cruise control apparatus for vehicle

US7280903B2 · kind B2 · utility

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4Claims
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Filing dateAug 31, 2005
Grant dateOct 9, 2007
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Expiry dateApr 25, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60W2754/30
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In an adaptive cruise control (ACC) region where vehicle speed V is greater than a predetermined third vehicle speed #V3, a decrease amount of a target inter-vehicle distance per predetermined unit vehicle speed decrease amount in a state where the vehicle speed V is less than a predetermined fourth vehicle speed #V4 is smaller than a decrease amount of the target inter-vehicle distance per predetermined unit vehicle speed decrease amount in a state where the vehicle speed V is greater than the predetermined fourth vehicle speed #V4. The decrease amount of the target inter-vehicle distance per predetermined unit vehicle speed decrease amount in a state where the vehicle speed V is less than a predetermined first vehicle speed #V1 is larger than a decrease amount of the target inter-vehicle distance per predetermined unit vehicle speed decrease amount in a state where the vehicle speed V is greater than the predetermined first vehicle speed #V1 and less than a predetermined second vehicle speed #V2.

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