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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 1991
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1988
Yoshiyuki Etoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuyuki Mori, Kanagawa, JP;
Koichi Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kinichiro Nakano, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Nomura, Kanagawa, JP;
Isao Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyoshi Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Nissan Motor Company, Limited, Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A system and method for automatically controlling a vehicle speed to a desired cruise speed are disclosed in which whether a microcomputer of a control unit is enabled to perform a cruise speed control is determined on the basis of a plurality of determining factors and a power supply of a throttle actuator for actuating an engine throttle valve so as to adjust an opening angle of the throttle valve is enabled only when all of the determining factors satisfy a condition of enabling the cruise speed control via the actuator and is disabled when at least one of the determining factors does not satisfy the condition.