Vehicle control apparatus for implementing inter-vehicle distance control using offset associated with target on preceding vehicle
US9783196B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 10, 2015 |
| Grant date | Oct 10, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 31, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S2013/93275
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A vehicle control apparatus for implementing inter-vehicle distance control of a vehicle carrying the apparatus behind a preceding vehicle. In the apparatus, an offset storage is configured to calculate an offset that is a difference between detected distances to first and second targets, and store the offset associated with the first target forward of the second target. The inter-vehicle distance control may be implemented based on a distance calculated by subtracting the offset from the detected distance to the first target. An offset updater is configured to determine whether or not a relative distance between the first and second targets has increased or decreased, and when the relative distance between the first and second targets has increased or decreased, update the offset stored by the offset storage.
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