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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 1990
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1988
Kouichi Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyoshi Konishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshio Iwaoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuichi Yamaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Eisaku Hori, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoru Sekiguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Nissan Motor Company, Limited, Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A system and method for automatically controlling a vehicle speed to a desired cruising speed are disclosed in which an abrupt deceleration time for which the vehicle is abruptly decelerated to the vehicle speed at a time when an off operation of an acceleration switch in a cruise command switch group is carried out after an on operation of the acceleration switch to carry out a constant deceleration of the vehicle is calculated from the total duration of time for which the actuator is controlled so that the vehicle speed increases at a constant rate. Therefore, no need to adjust the abrupt deceleration time according to the individual vehicles in which the systems are mounted. In addition, since the actuator is rendered in the abrupt deceleration state within the appropriate duration of time, road conditions, or a speed range in which the vehicle cruises does not affect the performance of the system. Furthermore, since when the total duration of time is above a first predetermined value and the magnitude of the acceleration is below a second predetermined value, the actuator is not actuated so that an undershooting of the vehicle speed does not occur immediately when the acceleration switch of the system is turned off after the on operation of the switch.