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Distance related cruise control system and method

US7904228B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Andreas Pfeiffer · Nuremberg, DE
Joachim Steinle · Munich, DE
Martin Brandstaeter · Greenville, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 14, 2008
Grant date	Mar 8, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 22, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60W2050/146
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A distance-related cruise control system and method for a motor vehicle performs a speed control to a predefined desired speed during free travel of the motor vehicle and performs a distance regulation to a predefined distance to the vehicle traveling ahead during following travel. After deactivation of the distance regulation during following travel, the system performs a speed control, not to the previously defined speed, but rather to the current speed of the motor vehicle at the instant of the deactivation of the distance regulation as the desired speed.

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