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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2017
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Hiroshi Ohmura, Hiroshima, JP;
MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a vehicle control system (ECU) provided in a vehicle () is configured be operable to: detect a preceding vehicle () ahead of the vehicle (), and set, in at least a part of a region around the preceding vehicle (), a speed distribution zone () defining a distribution zone of an allowable upper limit (V) of a relative speed of the vehicle () with respect to the preceding vehicle () in a traveling direction of the vehicle (); and, when the vehicle () is within the speed distribution zone (), to execute traveling control of preventing the relative speed of the vehicle () with respect to the preceding vehicle () from exceeding the allowable upper limit V, wherein, when the preceding vehicle () is located on a curved road (), the speed distribution zone () is set such that, in a lateral region of the speed distribution zone, a constant relative speed line (d, e, f) connecting plural points each having a same value of the allowable upper limit (V) is curved in conformity with a curvature of the curved road ().