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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 1991
Filed:
Feb. 20, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
William J Chundrlik, Rochester, MI (US);
Pamela I Labuhn, Utica, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36442604 ; 340904 ; 180167 ; 180170 ;
Abstract
An adaptive cruise system for a vehicle maintains a desired selected operator-set speed in the absence of a detected preceding target vehicle and adjusts the vehicle speed when a target vehicle is detected to maintain a following distance that is set by the vehicle operator. An alert distance is computed that is a predetermined function of a distance based on driver reaction time. To provide for the driver selectable trailing distance, the driver reaction term of the alert distance is adjusted by the vehicle operator to achieve a desired distance to the target vehicle.