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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
May. 19, 2016
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Takashi Inoue, Kasugai, JP;
Sokfan Yee, Toyota, JP;
Tetsuya Taira, Nisshin, JP;
Keiji Yamashita, Seto, JP;
Nobuyuki Tomatsu, Toyota, JP;
Takato Masuda, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A control system for a vehicle includes an imaging device; a co-ECU to limit the travel speed of the vehicle; and an ECU to set the speed limit, that recognizes the speed limit value on a road while traveling, and sets the recognized speed limit value in the co-ECU. If the elapsed time since the speed limit value has been set reaches a predetermined time, the ECU estimates the speed limit value on the road while traveling, and if receiving a switch command, switches the speed limit value set in the co-ECU to the estimated speed limit value so as to avoid limiting the vehicle speed by a speed limit value that is different from the actual speed limit value on the road.