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Method and device for regulating the speed of a motor vehicle

US8751134B2 · kind B2 · utility

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15Claims

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Stephan Dorenkamp · Ludwigsburg, DE
Thomas Gruber · Rockford, US
Werner Urban · Lambach, DE
Juergen Boecker · Oberhausen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 1, 2007
Grant date	Jun 10, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 3, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60W2554/4041
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

For regulating the speed of a motor vehicle, a control apparatus is equipped with an object detection system, and the reference speed is determined as a function of at least one preceding vehicle in the evaluation region of the object detection system, such that upon recognition of an imminent lane change by the regulated vehicle, vehicles in the adjacent destination lane are additionally taken into consideration for calculation of the reference speed by expanding the evaluation region in the direction of the destination lane, and consideration is given only to vehicles in the destination lane whose distance from the regulated vehicle is less than a predetermined distance value.

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