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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2019
Applicants:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Kyung Joo Bang, Seoul, KR;
Hong Gi Park, Seoul, KR;
Sang Yeob Lee, Seongnam-si, KR;
Il Hwan Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Seung Hyun Kim, Seoul, KR;
Dong Hyuk Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Assignees:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B60W 30/16 (2020.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/16 (2013.01); B60W 30/18072 (2013.01); B60W 50/0097 (2013.01); G05D 1/0291 (2013.01); B60W 2520/105 (2013.01); B60W 2540/10 (2013.01); B60W 2540/12 (2013.01); B60W 2554/804 (2020.02); B60W 2555/60 (2020.02); B60W 2720/106 (2013.01);
Abstract
A speed controller for a leading vehicle includes: a communication device that receives a target acceleration and a current acceleration from a following vehicle; and a controller that predicts a time when the following vehicle brakes based on the received target acceleration and the received current acceleration when the leading vehicle coasts down, and increases a speed of the leading vehicle at the predicted time.